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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:

039: Mike Baer | Fostering A Fearless Culture Jan 10, 2019

Show notes

Truth You Can Act On:

Hire for attitude and beliefs. Don't hire based on competency. Skills can be trained. Beliefs—not so much. What attitude are you looking for and what kind of mindset do you need in your people? Are you clear on that? Make sure you and your team know this before your next hire.
Unlock discretionary energy. There are satisfied employees, engaged employees, and then there are employees who give discretionary energy in their role. Study the discretionary energy givers in your organization, and figure out ways to unlock that energy in the rest of your team.
Build confidence and eliminate fear. In a healthy culture, employees feel confident, not fearful. We all strive for this, but how often do we take measurements to know where we truly stand? Do employees feel confident? Do they feel psychologically safe? Get a baseline, and then build on it.

Full Shownotes:

https://gutplusscience.com/mike-baer

Book Recommendation:

Essentialism by Greg McKeown

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.
Titus - In our conversations with CEOs and hiring managers, we hear they are frustrated with traditional recruiting... From outrageous fees to focusing on candidates before clients, the process was broken and needed to be fixed. Enter Titus Talent. Titus Talent Strategies serves its clients using passionate people, a proven process, and unparalleled performance. Oh, did we mention they guarantee the PERFORMANCE of their candidates for 12 months?

038: Bobbie Shreiner | Strengthening Your One-on-One Meeting Muscles Jan 03, 2019

Show notes

Truth You Can Act On:

Put it on the calendar. Having regular, uninterrupted one-on-one meetings is a free and effective way to build relationships with your team members. For best results, schedule your meetings on a recurring basis. This could be weekly or bi-monthly; the key is consistency on the calendar.
Have an agenda. Make sure your one-to-one meetings always have a structure. A good one to use is the SWAT format—Strengths, Weaknesses/Challenges, Opportunities for improvement and development, and Threats. Following this structure ensures an efficient conversation where all important discussion points are covered.
Learn to listen. Listening is the key to being a good coach. Not only is it an easy way to build trust, but it also allows you to uncover frustrations and challenges before diving into possible solutions. So ask great questions, sit back, and listen up.
Build in accountability. Accountability is the core of one-to-one meetings. Make sure you're taking good notes and following through on what was discussed in the previous meeting. This ensures there is consistency and accountability in doing the things we say we're going to do.

Full Shownotes:

https://gutplusscience.com/bobbie-shreiner/

Book Recommendation:

"Can You Say What Your Strategy Is?" - Article in Harvard Busines Review

Sponsors:

PurpleInk - Purple Ink's customized HR services will help you make your workspace JoyPowered. Whether you're looking for help with recruiting, compliance, or leadership training, they listen to what you need and tailor their solutions to you.
Custom Concrete - Custom Concrete has been creating foundations for the finest homes, commercial buildings and industrial facilities throughout Central Indiana since 1969. Builders, contractors, and homeowners rely on our expertise because so much depends on getting it right. Our knowledge and control of all aspects of the job, from excavation to waterproofing to backfill, means that extra value is built into every project. Codes don't drive our business, excellence does.

037: Doug Bawel | The "Top Down" Approach to Building Culture Dec 27, 2018

Show notes

Truth You Can Act On:

Have a culture class. Teach all employees about the culture and the vision of your organization. Clarify what the company is looking for in its employees, how they should behave, and how to work and operate as a collective whole towards the culture you're striving for.
Create a culture of excellence. This can be achieved through internal training and development of your people. Design a learning roadmap specific to your company and have the CEO and executives train and teach the employees.
Mobilize advisory committees. Influence employee engagement by getting groups of people together to solve organizational problems and talk innovative ideas. The group should travel around to different locations getting employees across the company involved in decision-making. Record and publish the meetings and send them out to all employees. Consider traveling around to a new location each month with a different group of people. Talk about the problems employees bring to the meeting and discuss the results of engagement surveys. Let all issues come to the surface, share the group's solutions, and watch as communication flourishes organization-wide.

Full Shownotes:

https://gutplusscience.com/doug-bawel/

Book Recommendations:

The Rolling Desk by David Morris and Chris Heyer
The Leadership Secrets of Santa Claus by Eric Harvey

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.
Titus - In our conversations with CEOs and hiring managers, we hear they are frustrated with traditional recruiting... From outrageous fees to focusing on candidates before clients, the process was broken and needed to be fixed. Enter Titus Talent. Titus Talent Strategies serves its clients using passionate people, a proven process, and unparalleled performance. Oh, did we mention they guarantee the PERFORMANCE of their candidates for 12 months?

036: Karen Alter | Breathing Life Into Your Company Vision Dec 20, 2018

Show notes

Truth You Can Act On:

Reward your employees. Create an employee of the month program that ties into your vision and values. Make sure that your rewards are awesome. Use Borshoff as an example, who gives premier garage parking to the winner of the "Awesome Borshoffer of the Month" award.
Optimize your workspace. When redesigning your space, do research by asking your employees key questions to understand their needs. Build the space based on your employee feedback and not on the last Forbes article you read with cool pictures of an open concept and foosball tables. For Borshoff, this meant constructing different "creativity spaces", allowing employees to find a place to work each day that will inspire them.
Communicate authentically. As a leader, reflect on how you bring trust and authenticity in all of your life and written communications. Be proactive on this, thinking about it every day before you start. Then at the end of each day, reflect on how you did and what you could do to improve.

Full Shownotes:

https://gutplusscience.com/karen-alter

Book Recommendation:

The Power of a Positive Team by Jon Gordon

Sponsors:

PurpleInk - Purple Ink's customized HR services will help you make your workspace JoyPowered. Whether you're looking for help with recruiting, compliance, or leadership training, they listen to what you need and tailor their solutions to you.
Custom Concrete - Custom Concrete has been creating foundations for the finest homes, commercial buildings and industrial facilities throughout Central Indiana since 1969. Builders, contractors, and homeowners rely on our expertise because so much depends on getting it right. Our knowledge and control of all aspects of the job, from excavation to waterproofing to backfill, means that extra value is built into every project. Codes don't drive our business, excellence does.

035: Liam Forde | Unlocking A Collective Intelligence Culture Dec 13, 2018

Show notes

Truth You Can Act On:

Eliminate silos. Shift from working in silos, or individual parts, to working as a whole organization. Silos create competition, egos, and bureaucracy. Instead, think of your organization as if it were a human body. It has different specialized parts, but it works as a whole. It must always be coordinated, connected, and in harmony.
Teach servanthood. Spend time teaching and inspiring people in your organization on how they can serve others. Don't just tell them what to do; lead by example. Make serving other people an instilled way of being. Live in the zone. Adopt a habit of getting yourself in the zone, helping others get in the zone, and always working to spend more time in the zone. This is where our very best work happens, and we should do whatever is necessary to maximize our time here.
Utilize your leaders. Identify the best people in your organization to champion training and to teach the rest. There is nothing more effective than teaching your highly engaged and great communicators to turn around and build up the rest of the crew.

Full Shownotes:

https://gutplusscience.com/liam-forde

Book Recommendations:

Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari
Onward by Howard Schultz

Sponsors:

Titus - in their conversations with CEOs and hiring managers, they hear frustration with traditional recruiting. From outrageous fees to focusing on candidates before clients, the process was broken and needed to be fixed. Enter Titus Talent. Titus Talent Strategies serves its clients using passionate people, a proven process, and unparalleled performance.
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.

034: Steve Long | Building a Mission Employees Follow Dec 06, 2018

Show notes

Truth You Can Act On:

Hire the right people. The key to hiring is to focus on selecting individuals with strong character, attitude, and aptitude. These traits are hard, if not impossible, to teach. Technical skills, on the other hand, can easily be trained.
Track goals and progress. Create accountability by implementing a system to break down objectives into measurable steps. In Steve's system, every leader has a visible metrics board for their team, and each team has unique goals and a 90-day action plan. This action-plan is broken down further into the KPIs that track for individual and team clarity. Adopt a similar system for your organization to ensure everyone is clear on their role and how it fits into the goals of the company.
Build employee ownership. Take some time in a quiet place to think about ways you can help employees feel like owners in your organization. After individual reflection, block time to brainstorm ideas with the entire leadership team. Then, actually put your ideas into action and measure the impact regularly. The more ownership employees feel, the higher the engagement and the stronger the culture will be.

Full Shownotes:

https://gutplusscience.com/steve-long

Book Recommendation:

Launching a Leadership Revolution by Orrin Woodward and Chris Brady

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.
Purple Ink - Purple Ink's customized HR services will help you make your workspace JoyPowered. Whether you're looking for help with recruiting, compliance, or leadership training, they listen to what you need and tailor their solutions to you. And look for The JoyPowered Workspace Podcast wherever you listen to podcasts!

033: Pete Atherton | Burnout: A Leading Indicator to Low Engagement Nov 29, 2018

Show notes

Truth You Can Act On:

Be aware. Self-awareness is key; it's the foundation of emotional intelligence. So individuals, focus on learning and getting better at awareness. And leaders, bring teaching to the table to foster this ability to be more self-aware. Emotional intelligence training is something I can't recommend enough.
Maintain Balance. Make sure you're taking enough time off work. Take advantage of your PTO time. Think about sabbaticals to rest and recharge. Incorporate personal time out. This is something we can be doing daily or weekly to build in personal breaks, even if it's just a couple of minutes, to really regain and refresh.
Know Your Seasons. Build in the time needed to refresh and maintain self-care. We all go through different seasons in life. Sometimes our work compliments these seasons, other times there's conflict. Anticipate the busy seasons that come with your work life and plan ways to minimize potential conflict.

Full Shownotes:

https://gutplusscience.com/pete-atherton

Book Recommendation:

Halftime by Bob Buford

Sponsors:

Purple Ink - Purple Ink's customized HR services will help you make your workspace JoyPowered. Whether you're looking for help with recruiting, compliance, or leadership training, they listen to what you need and tailor their solutions to you. And look for The JoyPowered Workspace Podcast wherever you listen to podcasts!
Titus - in their conversations with CEOs and hiring managers, they hear frustration with traditional recruiting. From outrageous fees to focusing on candidates before clients, the process was broken and needed to be fixed. Enter Titus Talent. Titus Talent Strategies serves its clients using passionate people, a proven process, and unparalleled performance.

032: Nikki Lewallan | Grateful Leaders Inspire Cultures of Gratitude Nov 22, 2018

Show notes

Truth You Can Act On:

Take daily 5 minute breaks for reflection.
As a leader, focus on what you DO to show your gratitude and appreciation of those around you.
To build a culture of gratitude, remember, it's all the little things that leadership does to influence the rest of the tribe to smile more, bring positivity and kindness as a norm.

Full Shownotes:

https://gutplusscience.com/thanksgiving-2018/

031: Pete Honsberger| Creating a Company Plan Your Team Will Rally Behind Nov 15, 2018

Show notes

Truth You Can Act On:

Healthy Accountability. Too often we think of accountability as a negative term. Holding your team accountable doesn't mean they're in 'trouble'. Instead, it should be viewed as an opportunity to achieve goals together. So when you think of accountability, first think of buy-in. What are the things that need to happen in order for us to achieve your goals? Once that's answered, then your role as the leader is to help them reach their goals by holding them accountable for doing what they set out to accomplish.
What do you stand for? In order to foster an engaged team, you have to first know your company's values. Otherwise, you won't know if you're hiring the right people. You want the people who join your team to be obsessed with your company's purpose, mission, and goals. Starting with the right-minded people is half the battle.
Don't just have a meeting to have a meeting. In our conversation, Pete shares his insight on how to hold effective meetings so that time isn't wasted and issues are addressed. The cadence of when you have meetings doesn't have to be prescribed. It's not about a right or wrong amount of meetings; it's about effectiveness in those conversations. Regardless of when or how often you meet, Pete still encourages leaders to meet with their people once per quarter. Doing so allows you to identify potential issues and pivot for improvement rather than waiting for an annual review.

Full Shownotes:

https://gutplusscience.com/pete-honsberger/

Sponsors:

Custom Concrete – Custom Concrete has been creating foundations for the finest homes, commercial buildings and industrial facilities throughout Central Indiana since 1969. Builders, contractors, and homeowners rely on our expertise because so much depends on getting it right. Our knowledge and control of all aspects of the job, from excavation to waterproofing to backfill, means that extra value is built into every project. Codes don't drive our business, excellence does.
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

[Throwback] 001: Jethro Lloyd | Meaning and Millennials: How to Engage and Retain Them Nov 08, 2018

Show notes

Truth You Can Act On:

Focus on humanizing your communication. Don't forget it's not what you say, it's how you say it. I encourage you to think through how you're communicating as a whole whether it's general communications or the more touchy subjects that obviously need more intimate communication around them. Really focusing on how big communication is and how it can impact your organization.
Allow for on one-to one-interaction. I know that as a CEO or president, you can't be everywhere all the time. However, you can encourage your leaders to be more proactive with one-on-one time with the people on their team. Empower your managers or leaders to do the same thing so that you can really scale the opportunity and make the impact.
Embrace authenticity. Be authentic regularly, especially in the world of millennials and the younger generations, they want to know the real you. The bottom line and all of that we try very hard to be connected to our people but we sometimes forget how much of an impact just talking about our weekends or sharing some kind of just vulnerability. I just encourage you to do more and more of that.

Full Shownotes:

https://gutplusscience.com/jethro-lloyd

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.
Titus - In our conversations with CEOs and hiring managers, we hear they are frustrated with traditional recruiting... From outrageous fees to focusing on candidates before clients, the process was broken and needed to be fixed. Enter Titus Talent. Titus Talent Strategies serves its clients using passionate people, a proven process, and unparalleled performance. Oh, did we mention they guarantee the PERFORMANCE of their candidates for 12 months?

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