Circle Up & Get REAL Podcast

About Circle Up & Get REAL Podcast

When you're with your peeps, you invite them to Circle Up. And when like-minded and like-hearted others come together, they hold space for each other to Get REAL: Radical, Energized, Authentic, & Learning-focused. It's time to Circle Up & Get REAL.

Publisher

Jodee Bock

Category

education · religion & spirituality

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

9 Nov 2023

Latest episode

15 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

136 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   15 Oct 2026

   Episode 327 - Getting REAL About Investing in Community with Matthew Hallaway

   Matthew Hallaway spent the first 20 years of his career in banking. Today, he is the new Director of Advancement for Fargo-Moorhead Community Theatre—and preparing to take the stage himself as Inspector Eddie Constantine in Last Call at Chez Mort. Looking backward, the path makes more sense than it might have while he was walking it. Mentors encouraged him to get involved. Relationships introduced him to new people and possibilities. His family developed a shared love of theater. Each experience opened another door, and Matthew chose to walk through it. In this episode of Circle Up & Get REAL, Matthew and I talk about the role of the arts in creating a vibrant community, the many ways people can participate beyond performing onstage, and the ambitious new home being built for FMCT in downtown Fargo. We also explore the difference between asking people for money and inviting them to invest in something meaningful. For Matthew, development is about building long-term relationships and collaborating to create a community where people can feel more alive. Whether your place is onstage, backstage, in the audience, at work, or somewhere you haven't discovered yet, this conversation is an invitation to participate. A vibrant community doesn't happen around us. It grows through us. For more info about FMCT, visit www.fmct.org. Reach out to Matthew via email at matthewhallaway@fmct.org.

2. 

   8 Oct 2026

   Episode 326 - Getting REAL About Clarity, Choice, and Thinking Like a CEO with Philippa Channer

   What happens when the career you've dreamed about no longer fits—and the business you build next asks you to grow in ways you didn't expect? In Episode 326 of Circle Up and Get REAL, I welcome marketing strategist, coach, author, and Clarity to CEO podcast host Philippa Channer. Philippa connects the dots from managing high school football equipment to nonprofit communications, police academy, and launching Channer Consulting in February 2020. Together, we explore recognizing strengths we may take for granted, becoming willing to receive coaching, and questioning advice we've followed without checking whether it works. Philippa shares how her work evolved from creating social media content to helping women entrepreneurs understand strategy and put it into practice. The conversation also explores thinking beyond daily tasks, choosing what kind of business we actually want, and making room for life outside work. Philippa introduces her book, When Clarity Leads, and makes a promise to herself about her next chapter. As you listen, consider: What are you continuing to do because someone once told you it was the right way—and is it still serving you? Connect with Philippa at https://www.philippachanner.com or find Philippa Channer on LinkedIn.

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   1 Oct 2026

   Episode 325 - Getting REAL About The Radical Promise PART 2 - with Steve Farber

   What does it really mean to do what you say you will do? In Part 2 of my conversation with longtime friend, mentor, and Extreme Leadership author Steve Farber, we continue exploring the ideas behind his newest book, The Radical Promise, co-authored with Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner. Our conversation starts with love — something Steve has been talking about in the context of leadership and business for decades. Not love as sentiment or something "soft," but love made visible through action. Because, as Steve points out, without action behind the words, love isn't much more than a greeting card. From there, we dig into credibility and the deceptively simple practice at the heart of The Radical Promise: Do What You Say You Will Do. But what happens when we move from I to we? For leaders, credibility isn't only about keeping personal promises. It's about modeling what we say we value as an organization. If the values on the wall aren't visible in the way leaders make decisions, allocate resources, communicate, and treat people, those values can actually undermine credibility rather than strengthen it. We also explore the importance of knowing our own personal values, why alignment matters for engagement and commitment, and why organizations might benefit from asking a question that is surprisingly easy to overlook: What's important to you? And then the conversation gets wonderfully practical. Steve and I both confess that The Radical Promise has made us notice the seemingly insignificant promises that fall out of our mouths: "I'll bring you that book." "I'll send you that." "I'll do that next time." Do those count? Maybe especially those. When expectations have gotten low enough, simply becoming someone whose word can be counted on begins to stand out. And Steve takes the idea one step further: What if we listened closely enough to notice something another person would value — and did it without ever promising to? We also talk about audacity, the difference between ego-inspired and love-inspired audacity, and the reminder that changing the world doesn't have to mean changing the whole world. We each have a small-w world — a family, team, organization, community, or even one relationship — where our choices matter. This conversation ultimately comes back to something both very simple and very challenging: Before asking other people to live up to their words, what if we started by asking whether we are living up to ours? Go to www.theradicalpromise.com to become a founding member and find out more!

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5.0 / 5

7 ratings

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5.0 / 5

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