Build High Performing Teams Podcast

About Build High Performing Teams Podcast

Join leadership and performance expert, Anna Oakes, as she shares conversations and insights around sustaining high performance and restoring humanity into our work and workplaces.

Publisher

Anna Oakes

Category

business · business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

31 Oct 2019

Latest episode

21 Jul 2020

Latest episodes

32 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   21 Jul 2020

   How To Build Your Career Success Team

   “I feel like I'm not doing a good job at my work, in my life. I feel lonely and overwhelmed.” I hear this a lot. My advice is that you shouldn’t be navigating the work world alone. There are resources and people to have on your own personal “team”. If you don’t have this support team already, it is your job to build it and sustain it. In this episode, I’ll tell you the roles you need to support you in your work life, internal and external, and explain what exactly to seek from these roles. Discussed in this Episode: How to promote internal success as a leader How to have a consistent weekly communication The power of having a leader, team, mentor, and sponsor How to create your personal board of directors Here are a few highlights: 03:26 LEADER “One of the best relationships, and most influential relationships that you can have is with your leader.” 4:54 TEAM “If you're a people leader or if you are thinking about your relationship with your leader, it starts by consistent communication and connection.” 14:38 MENTOR “A mentor is somebody who is going to be more behind the scenes; somebody who's agreeing to meet with you on a regular basis.” 17:56 MENTORS AND SPONSORS “The difference between a mentor and a sponsor is that a mentor is more behind the scenes and a sponsor is more upfront.” 25:38 HR “I want you to be friends with somebody in HR.” I appreciate you listening and invite you to subscribe, like and share it with whomever may want to be high performing and own their career. Apply for my Own Your Career Accelerator: A 4-month program with 1:1 coaching, tools, and resources, and your secret weapon for deepening your impact. You'll leave with increased knowledge of how and when you can increase your impact through a career plan, time management plan, and project plan to present your current organization an idea that could add value to the business or its people. Links to the Freebies Mentioned: https://bhpt.mykajabi.com/anxietyatwork https://bhpt.mykajabi.com/tedx-freebie-landing If you or your organization are looking for a thought leader and strategic partner to address organization/team/employee performance, managing change, or people/culture strategy, please contact us at team@buildhighperformingteams.com. I hope you liked today’s episode. Please don’t forget to subscribe on all podcast platforms and while you’re there, please don’t forget to rate and review! I truly appreciate and love you, and can’t wait to see you in the next episode! Check out Anxiety at Work: A Guide for COVID-19 and Beyond (https://bhpt.mykajabi.com/pl/153706) Download Virtual Teams During COVID-19: Mindsets + Values for High Performance Freebie (https://bhpt.mykajabi.com/pl/153123) Watch my TEDx Talk on Leveraging Your Now to Get Your Best Next (https://bhpt.mykajabi.com/tedxmu-freebie) P.S. Please don’t forget to tag me @theannaoakes & my team @careerandculture on instagram, and connect on LinkedIn to share your big takeaways and for more Build High Performing Teams updates. I’ll see you there! Peace & Progress, Anna

2. 

   14 Jul 2020

   Talking About Race and Other Taboo Topics At Work

   In today’s episode, Anna interviews Alonzo Kelly, founder and CEO of Kelly Leadership.  As a sought after speaker and consultant, Alonzo leverages his corporate executive experience and 14 years as a coach and consultant to positively impact the world of work and leaders. Alonzo shares advice on “Talking about Race and Other Taboo Topics At Work” and why it’s time we do it more and better. Anna and Alonzo discuss: How to prepare for talking about race in the workplace How to create the change The power of "being a witness" How to create a safe place to talk about and understand different cultures We appreciate you listening and invite you to subscribe, like and share it with whomever may want to be high performing and own their career. Apply for Anna’s Own Your Career Accelerator: A 4-month program with 1:1 coaching, tools, and resources, and your secret weapon for deepening your impact. You'll leave with increased knowledge of how and when you can increase your impact through a career plan, time management plan, and project plan to present your current organization an idea that could add value to the business or its people. Links to the Freebies Mentioned: https://bhpt.mykajabi.com/anxietyatwork https://bhpt.mykajabi.com/tedx-freebie-landing If you or your organization are looking for a thought leader and strategic partner to address organization/team/employee performance, managing change, or people/culture strategy, please contact us at team@buildhighperformingteams.com. “I've been using the anatomy of a tsunami [to explain what happened during the BLM movement]. So, out in the ocean, we've got these two things under incredible pressure, pressing up against each other, and then inevitably, something breaks and you have this ripple. And this ripple goes unchecked. So what was a 3 foot wave turns into 30, 30 turns into 300, and then it hits landfall. And at that point, there's really absolutely nothing you can do about it. So everything is about service recovery. So I feel like in the last month, this tsunami hit landfall. And it becomes impossible to not talk about all those things you prefer we not talk about at work, because we're in service recovery. We’re all in survival mode.” At minute 4:00, Alonzo shares how he visualizes the BLM movement. His analogy paints a picture in your mind that makes it easy to understand what happened, and why. “If I'm looking out and I see a flock of white sheep, all white, 100 of them, and one of them is black, for me to pretend like I don't see that denies that sheep. For everybody to pretend like they don't see that denies their experience with the world around them. 100 people walk by. I won't remember any of them, but the black one. So I don't know why we got to pretend like I don't see it. And so a lot of we don't we don't talk about race here. Well, then you've denied me. And it's really just that simple for me. It doesn't even have to be some of this stuff they think is uncomfortable. I just asked that you see me, I'll go back to the sheep. I'm a sheep. I'd like to be treated like sheep. And I need you to acknowledge that my experience as a sheep is different. And I have no idea why that turned into something taboo. I have no idea.” At 12:20, Alonzo emphasizes the importance of being able to talk about race, understand different experiences that different races go through, and make change. He wants people to understand and DO something about it. If we deny the conversation, we deny the humanity. “I don't know how I would feel if I had a party and a bunch of people came to my party and didn't know my name. And here's what I mean by that; Martin is not his name. Harriet Tubman is not her name. Frederick Douglass is not his name. I could go on and on and on and on. So how about you honor these people by, at a minimum, learning what their real name is? How about that's my contribution. You can have the party, but at least know the name on the invitation.” At minute 36:20, Alonzo highlights the importance of understanding the past and knowing the truth behind Black History, in order to make the present better. Alonzo shared a lot of valuable information about how to address and be prepared to talk about taboo topics. He also gave a lot of helpful tips and insights for all of us, so make sure you stay tuned! Don’t forget to connect and follow Alonzo through his website https://www.alonzokelly.com/, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and on LinkedIn. Check out his Youtube Channel! I hope you liked today’s episode. Please don’t forget to subscribe on all podcast platforms and while you’re there, please don’t forget to rate and review! I truly appreciate and love you, and can’t wait to see you in the next episode! Check out Anxiety at Work: A Guide for COVID-19 and Beyond (https://bhpt.mykajabi.com/pl/153706) Download Virtual Teams During COVID-19: Mindsets + Values for High Performance Freebie (https://bhpt.mykajabi.com/pl/153123) Watch my TEDx Talk on Leveraging Your Now to Get Your Best Next (https://bhpt.mykajabi.com/tedxmu-freebie) P.S. Please don’t forget to tag me on Instagram @theannaoakes and connect on LinkedIn to share your big takeaways and for more Build High Performing Teams updates. I’ll see you there! Peace & Progress, Anna

3. 

   6 Jul 2020

   Stay Put

   DO NOT QUIT YOUR JOB! I can't tell you how many people reached out to me each week that are asking questions like: ·       ”Is this what I should be doing with my life?” ·       “Isn't there something better than this?” ·       “I feel like I could be doing more.” ·       “I feel like my values could be aligned to the organization better?” These questions are what motivated my TEDx talk.  To talk to the change-maker, that INTRApreneur.  That someone who is fully capable of doing so many good things AND chooses to work within an organization. Enjoy this solo episode where I share why it’s important to stay put, maximize your impact and get ready for your “best next!” Please don’t forget to subscribe on all podcast platforms and while you’re there, please don’t forget to rate and review! I truly appreciate and love you, and can’t wait to see you in the next episode! Check out Anxiety at Work: A Guide for COVID-19 and Beyond (https://bhpt.mykajabi.com/pl/153706) Download Virtual Teams During COVID-19: Mindsets + Values for High Performance Freebie (https://bhpt.mykajabi.com/pl/153123) Watch my TEDx Talk on Leveraging Your Now to Get Your Best Next (https://bhpt.mykajabi.com/tedxmu-freebie) P.S. Please don’t forget to tag me on Instagram @theannaoakes to share your big takeaways and for more Build High Performing Teams updates. I’ll see you there! Peace & Progress, Anna

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