In Week 104, Genn and Millie reflect on the past year and look forward to the new year. 
 
Follow Up: 
- Reflect: What have been the high points of the year? What have been the low points of the year? What are the lessons learned? 
- Transition: What do you want to leave behind in 2022? What do you want to take with you into 2023? 
-Look Ahead: Do you have a word, intention, or goal for the coming year? 
 
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Week 104

In Week 103, Genn and Millie are joined by special guest Hannah Miller to discuss leadership, strengths development, and complimentary partnerships.
 
Follow Up: 
- Which of your strengths have you been neglecting? 
- Reflect upon a really good day in your life. How did your strengths show up that day? What could you do to have more days like that? 
- What strength do you want to be known for? 
- In times of conflict, consider the other person's strengths. Which of their strengths are not being utilized? Which of their strengths might be getting in the way? 
 
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Week 103

In Week 102, Genn and Millie discuss feedback and the importance of evaluating the source of feedback. 
 
Follow Up: 
- Reconnect with those whose feedback matters most to you. Ask them to reflect on how you are showing up in the world lately. Utilize some of Ally's 360 questions as a guide. 
-Evaluate the feedback in your life. Use the board of directors activity (linked below) or the circles of trust activity to understand the relative importance of the relationships in your life. Whose feedback do you need more of? Whose do you need to place less importance on? 
Board of Directors activity: chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://www.fau.edu/education/centersandprograms/oae/webinars/appreciative-mentoring/documents/personal-board-of-directors-activity.pdf
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Week 102

In Week 101, Genn and Millie talk about reading strengths reports. They share about a particularly important report they recently read. 
 
Follow Up: 
- What questions do you all have for Ryan? 
- What questions do you all have for Tess? 
- What advice do you have for them? 
 
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Week 101

In Week 100, Genn and Millie express their gratitude for reaching this incredible episode milestone! You also get to hear voices of listeners who reflect on the podcast. 
 
Follow Up: 
- Express gratitude for your relationships. Who in your life are you grateful for? Tell them that. 
- Where is one space in your life where you can be more intentional about meaningful conversation? 
- Any recommendations for future conversation topics on Genn and Millie? 
- If Genn and Millie were to ever have sponsors, who would they be? 
 
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Week 100

In Week 99, Genn quizzes Millie on her knowledge of Generation X. They talk all things Gen X from movies to newsworthy events to music to technology. 
 
Follow Up: 
-Gen Xers: What did Ally miss? What other Gen X knowledge does the Millennial generation need to know? 
-Other generations: What are the unique references to your generation? 
-As we think about our 100th episode, reflect on your journey with Genn and Millie. How should we celebrate? What has been your favorite episode, topic, or takeaway? How have these conversations impacted you? 
 
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Week 99

In Week 98, Genn and Millie conduct a mid-year check in. They walk back through the year so far and discuss how their words of the year have shown up. 
 
Follow Up: 
-How has your word/intention shown up for you this year so far? How do you expect it to show up in the second half of the year? 
-Next episode, we plan to play a generational word association game. Send us some words that are unique to to your generation to be featured in the game. 
 
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Week 98

In Week 97, Genn and Millie discuss the concept of motivation. They share of their own motivations, generational differences around motivation, and what happens when there is a lack of it. 
 
Follow Up: 
-What motivates you? 
-When you feel a lack of productive motivation, how can you harness your strengths to increase it? 
 
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Week 97

In Week 96, Genn and Millie discuss when strengths are in balance and when they are out of balance. 
 
Follow Up: 
-Think about a time when you were out of balance in your life; a difficult time, a struggle, stress, etc. Which strengths were out of balance? Which helped you get back into balance? 
 
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Week 96

In Week 95, Genn and Millie continue their discussion of holistic strength definitions. They share stories, concepts, associations, and written definitions, which allow them to take a more holistic approach to their strengths. 
 
Follow Up: 
-Create a holistic definition of your strengths. Use stories, metaphors, examples, or written words to create a new definition for how your strengths are showing up in their varying facets. 
-Play the word association game we exampled. Take your top 5 or top 10 and quickly identify if that strength is primarily functioning in your (a) head, (b) heart, or (c) gut in this season of life. Where there any responses that surprised you? 
 
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Week 95

In Week 94, Genn and Millie discuss the concept of "self-confidence". They also challenge each other to think holistically about their Gallup Strengths. 
 
Follow Up: 
-How do you define "self-confidence" in your own life? How does it show up for you at this moment?
-Take a holistic approach to your strengths. Unpack how each of your strengths manifest in full, various ways. How can they be forward-facing? Not forward facing? Internal? External? Used in each of the domains? Consider writing a holistic, robust definition of your strengths and share it with us! If you need a place to start, use the gallup talent map exercise (LINKED HERE) to guide you.
https://s3.wp.wsu.edu/uploads/sites/634/2018/02/talent-map.pdf 
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Week 94

In Week 93, Genn and Millie discuss the Yung Pueblo concept of "hurt as a map". They share the reality of relativity of hurt and trauma and how we can all reframe these experiences through the lens of resiliency. 
 
Follow Up: 
-How has hurt been a map for you? What do you think of this analogy? 
-How have or how can you reframe negative experiences or emotions through a growth/resilience lens? 
 
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Week 93

In Week 92, Genn and Millie discuss the first few days of 2022. They talk about their end of year/beginning of new year rituals and their 2022 words of the year. They also contemplate the role of feedback. 
 
Follow Up: 
-How do you celebrate the new year? Do you have any rituals or traditions to close out and/or start a new year? 
-What is your word or intention for 2022? How has your word from 2021 fed into your word for 2022? 
-How do you feel about feedback? Do you welcome it? Do you distance yourself from it? If you were to do a 360 feedback, whose voices would you include and why? 
 
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Week 92

In Week 91, Genn and Millie reflect on their 2021 Words of the Year. They share joys, challenges, and lessons learned during this past year, and future-cast to 2022. 
 
Follow Up: 
-How have you changed and grown in this past year? 
-What about this past year surprised you?
-How have your strengths influenced your intention for the year? 
 
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Mark your calendars- join Genn and Millie on Instagram Live on December 31st at 10:30am CST as they try to guess each other's word of the year for 2022! 

Week 91

In Week 90, Genn and Millie find threads of serendipity between their lives. They share about moments of recognizing important people in their lives and moments of saying 'yes' to the present adventure of life. 
 
Follow Up: 
-Who have you spoken of in high regard lately? Share that you did so with them. 
-What have you said 'yes' to lately? What do you wish you would have said yes to? 
-How have these 'yes' opportunities made you more present to life? 
 
For information regarding the topic discussed or for resources mentioned in the podcast, follow us on Instagram @GennandMillie or reach out to Tess at tess.starman@gmail.com

Week 90

In Week 89, Genn and Millie catch up after a few months. They share about their lives and how they are caring for their whole selves in these new seasons. 
 
Follow Up: 
-How have you taken care of yourself today? 
 
For information regarding the topic discussed or for resources mentioned in the podcast, follow us on Instagram @GennandMillie or reach out to Tess at tess.starman@gmail.com

Week 89

In Week 88, Genn and Millie share an episode recorded during some shared windshield time. They debrief the live episode, 87, and discuss the transitions of the podcast and of life. 
 
Follow Up: 
-How have these Genn and Millie conversations sparked actions or conversations in your life?
-What questions or topics would you like to hear us discuss in future episodes? 
 
For information regarding the topic discussed or for resources mentioned in the podcast, follow us on Instagram @GennandMillie or reach out to Tess at tess.starman@gmail.com

Week 88

In Week 87 host a LIVE episode at the TeamMates Annual Conference! They share about the origin of the podcast and take questions from a live audience. 
 
Follow Up: 
-Spot the strengths of the people around you. 
-Find space for meaningful conversations in your life. 
 
For information regarding the topic discussed or for resources mentioned in the podcast, follow us on Instagram @GennandMillie or reach out to Tess at tess.starman@gmail.com

Week 87- LIVE

In Week 86, Genn and Millie discuss the recently released State of the Global Workplace 2021 from Gallup. They talk about what a 'thriving' life looks like and utilize the 'best possible life scale' to reflect and future-cast. 
Follow Up: 
-Download and peruse Gallup's 2021 State of the Global Workplace. It can be accessed by request at https://tinyurl.com/GallupSOGW21 
-Respond to the Best Possible Life Scale: Imagine a ladder with steps numbered from zero at the bottom to 10 on the top. Suppose we say that the top of the ladder represents the best possible life for you, and the bottom represents the worst possible life for you. On which step of the ladder would you say you personally feel you stand at this time? Just your best guess, on which step do you think you will stand in the future, say about five years from now? 
 
For information regarding the topic discussed or for resources mentioned in the podcast, follow us on Instagram @GennandMillie or reach out to Tess at tstarman@teammates.org
 

Week 86

In Week 85, Genn and Millie continue their conversation of 'what do you love' and 'what do you need', intersected with physical space. They share about how their strengths are reflected in the tangible and intangible elements of their current containers and changing containers. 
 
Follow Up: 
-[TANGIBLE] What do you love in your physical space? What do you need in your physical space? What could you live without in your physical space? 
-[INTANGIBLE] What have you lost? What have you found? 
 
For information regarding the topic discussed or for resources mentioned in the podcast, follow us on Instagram @GennandMillie or reach out to Tess at tstarman@teammates.org

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