This Season 5 Closer is a "Best Of" episode where we share some of the best clips from the season, exploring topics such as human needs, happiness at work, conscious capitalism, inclusion, executive presence, psychological safety and more. You'll even hear some bonus questions that Sal Silvester asked guests that didn’t air in the original episode.
You can also download his Ultimate Goal Setting Guide and other resources on each episode page at www.512solutions.com.

Deeply Human Workplace: Best Of - Season 5 Closer

The New Year is time for reflection and intention – not resolutions. It’s a time to think about your 2023 goals, and what you can do to make this your best year yet.
In this episode, Sal goes over ways for you to:
chart the course for the year ahead
be the architect of your life
make intentional and on purpose choices, in every aspect of your life

Join Sal as he guides you through the key steps in his own personal goal setting process.






How will YOU make the most of 2023?






The Ultimate Goal Setting Guide is a powerful tool designed to help you create a vision for the life you want and create the goals and action plans to get there. You can download it on the episode page here for free.
 

Create Your Best Year Yet

With increased uncertainty and the prospect of a recession, our ability to adjust on an individual and organizational level is becoming more and more important.
In this episode, Sal interviews Simon Severino, author of Strategy Sprints: 12 Ways to Accelerate Growth for an Agile Business. They delve deeper into the issue of adaptability and how it relates to not just surviving but thriving during recessionary times. This is a pragmatic conversation in which they examine what an agile organization looks like as well as practices that foster clarity and alignment during times of uncertainty. As we enter the New Year and increasingly uncertain times, these suggestions are both strategic and tactical.
Simon provides a few free tools to counteract this uncertainty, such as:
daily flow
the weekly habit
the monthly habit
Take a moment to listen to the whole episode, you won't want to miss it!

Creating an Agile Organization in Times of Uncertainty

In this episode Sal Silvester and Amy Edmondson dive deep into the topic of psychological safety - what it means, the impacts of a hierarchical organization, how it applies to physical safety, the connection and potential of diverse teams and so much more.
Amy Edmondson is the world renown expert on psychological safety and creating fearless organizations. She is the Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management at the Harvard Business School. Amy has been recognized by the biannual Thinkers50 as the #1 management thinker in 2021. Her most recent book, The Fearless Organization offers a practical guide for organizations serious about success in the modern economy and has been translated into 15 languages.
You don't want to miss this important interview with Sal and Amy.

Psychological Safety with Amy Edmondson

In this episode Sal connects with Beverly Wright, a former technology executive, Founder and CEO of Wright Choice Group and a recent inductee into the Thinkers50 (basically the Oscars of Management thinking, according to The Financial Times). Sal and Beverly explore the concept of Return on People, why diversity without equity and inclusion isn’t enough and a new trend around intersectionality where team members expect professional, social and community service to all be integrated in their jobs.

Humanity - The Thread Through Leadership

Unconscious bias can have a direct impact on problem solving, decision making and the overall health of our organizational cultures. And while you may think that you "don't see color" or "don't judge others", we are all biased. It's part of the human condition.
The good news is that the past few decades of neuroscience and behavioral research have provided a ton of information explaining the why and how behind unconscious bias.
During this episode, Sal Silvester connects with Dr. Amy Tolbert to help us navigate from unconscious bias in the workplace to intentional inclusion.

Moving from Unconscious Bias to Conscious Inclusion

Our greatest gift as human beings is our ability to adapt. The more we can tap into our humanity, the more successful we can be in business and beyond. In this episode, Sal connects with David Wetton about how Conscious Leadership can make a bigger impact in the organizations in which we work, and also in our society. This episode will expand how you think about leadership - from intellectual intelligence to intellectual intelligence + emotional, physical and spiritual intelligence.

Conscious Leadership to Drive Results and Relationships

Executive presence matters. It's the secret sauce for building credibility and connection at work. Unfortunately, many leaders haven't taken the steps they need to align their brand with the presence in a virtual and hybrid world.
In this powerful episode, Sal turns to the expert Rosemary Ravinal, a former international media executive and broadcaster with more than three decades of corporate communications experience in organizations such as Avon, AT&T, A+E Television Networks, Discovery Channel, Sony Ericsson, Toyota, and Univision.
You'll walk away with some powerful insights on how to engage your audience, improve your presence and elevate your ability to connect, influence and be more credible.

Executive Presence to Drive Connection and Credibility

Why is happiness important in our work and world? What does it take to be happy? How do you find it? Why is the pursuit of happiness good for individuals and the collective?
In this episode, Sal interviews Luis Gallardo - the Founder of the World Happiness Foundation. You'll learn:
What research tells us about happiness and what to do about it.
5 elements of happiness (and they may not be what you think they are)
Strategies leaders can take to create happiness in the workplace.
Impact of social media on happiness.

How to Pursue Happiness at Work and Beyond

Season 5 is all about how we can create a more deeply human workplace. Because the more we can tap into our humanity - the more we can leverage our greatest gift as humans, which is our adaptability. 
In this episode, former guest and executive coach Jan Jenkins interviews Sal Silvester about the 6 needs all humans have at work. These are the 6 needs Sal outlines in his latest book, The Deeply Human Workplace. And when leaders and teams tap into these needs, they can  unleash the potential of people and make a positive difference in our work and world. 
Don’t forget to check out this episode page on our website at www.512solutions.com for additional resources on how to prepare your leaders and teams for the future of work.

The 6 Human Needs That Drive Organizational Culture

Sal Silvester, host and executive producer, kicks off Season 5 of this podcast focused on the Future of Work. As our society continues to evolve from the impacts of the pandemic and global macroeconomic challenges, organizational culture will matter more than ever.
The theme for this season is about organizational culture - and specifically - how to create a more deeply human workplace. This season will provide you with practical and actionable tools and best practices, covering topics such as psychological safety, conscious leadership, executive presence, happiness and more.
With almost every episode, we’ll have a framework or a toolkit that you’ll have access to so that you can immediately apply the concepts that we discussed in the episode to your work. Additionally, our blog posts at 512solutions.com will provide further content and resources to help solidify your learnings.

Season 5 Opener: A Deeply Human Culture

Season 4 was focused on the Future of Work to help organizations address the challenges with a changing workplace due to COVID.

In this last episode we'll bring you back to some of the insights shared by our guests throughout the season and during this very difficult time in our human history.

As always, don't forget to check out all of the tools and frameworks that accompanied each episode to help prepare you for the future of leadership. Go to our Future of Leadership Podcast page to download at www.512solutions.com.

Future of Work: Season Closer

Ettienne Bouwer is our special guest in this next-to-last episode of Season 4.  As Director of Human Resources at E. & J. Gallo Winery, Ettienne provides strategic HR support to leadership teams for several wineries located in the Central Valley of California. E. & J. Gallo Winery is the largest family-owned winery in the world, employing more than 7,000 people.  For the past five years, Glassdoor has selected it as one of the top 100 Best Places to Work.
In this episode, Ettienne talks about how our thinking is linked to our feelings and, in turn, our actions. He shares ways in which employee attitudes have shifted and how, in all facets of our lives, a sense of control, renewed alignment, and deeper relationships have impacted how people think about employment. Listen in to Ettienne as he challenges us to think, to redefine success, and to discover the new skills needed in the Future of Work.
Don’t forget to check out this episode page on our website at www.512solutions.com for additional resources on how to prepare your leaders and teams for the future of work.

Future of Work: Head, Heart, and Hand

We continue with our Future of Work podcast season with an interview with two former military officers Joe Saboe and Russell Worth Parker.

When the situation in Afghanistan grew desperate in the summer of 2021, I was shocked and disturbed to see people and families trapped on the wrong side of the gates at the airport and in Kabul. These two leaders decided to take action.

You won't want to miss the leadership lessons embedded in this episode. These innovative leaders are fearless and their actions are inspirational.

Don’t forget to check out this episode page on our website at www.512solutions.com for additional resources on how to prepare your leaders and teams for the future of work.

Future of Work: Lessons From Afghanistan

Our Future of Work conversation continues with Kermit Randa, a results-driven executive with extensive experience driving sustained profitable growth through customer-centric cultures of accountability and positive employee engagement. In this episode, he shares his insights on how employee’s attitudes and expectations around work have changed. We discuss why employees are asking the question “Is it worth it?” and how the answer to that question may be driving high levels of attrition. Kermit offers a change framework and accompanying strategies to meet this challenge, enabling leaders to guide their people through this whitewater period.
Don’t forget to check this episode page on our website at www.512solutions.com for additional resources on how to prepare your leaders and teams for the future of work.

Future of Work: Is it Worth It?

We continue with our Future of Work Season in an interview with Sheila Murty, Executive Vice President of People and Culture at Tillamook, one of the fastest growing brands in the United States, employing nearly 1,000 people. Sheila shares some hard-hitting insights on investing in well being, cultivating connectedness, and the challenge of building culture when people aren't physically together.
Don’t forget to check out this episode page on our website at www.512solutions.com for additional resources on how to prepare your leaders and teams for the future of work.

Future of Work: Building Culture in a Hybrid World

As organizations emerge in the post-pandemic era, leaders need to think differently about how they engage their workforce. Employees' attitudes and expectations about work have changed.
In this episode, Sal Silvester talks with Sandi Seader, Assistant City Manager of Longmont, Colorado. Sandi shares insight into how this municipality is addressing Future of Work needs with a workforce that spans an incredibly diverse array of roles, from essential workers to desk-based positions.

Don’t forget to check out this episode page on our website at www.512solutions.com for additional resources on how to prepare your leaders and teams for the future of work.

Future of Work: Proactively Addressing Flexible Work Structures

In this episode, Sal Silvester talks with Chief People Officer, Alison Meadows. They discuss how the Future of Work is shaping Evolve Vacation Rental, a fast-growing and innovative company based in Denver, Colorado.

Employees' perspectives have changed dramatically over the last year. As a result, their priorities have changed as well. Shifting attitudes mean that employees are no longer tolerating bad bosses and unhealthy cultures. Gone are the days when ping pong tables and stand-up desks are adequate responses to employee needs. They are now surface-level symbols when much more substantial changes are required.

Is your organization ready?

Don’t forget to check out this episode page on our website at www.512solutions.com for additional resources on how to prepare your leaders and teams for the future of work.

Future of Work: Changing Perspectives and Priorities

The way employees were treated during the COVID matters. The organizations that truly cared about their employees and responded with initiatives to help them during this difficult time are being rewarded with loyalty. Others are already seeing some of their most valuable talent walk out the door. Flexibility, tolerance, and inclusion will be key leadership skills, impacting levels of engagement and attrition as employees adapt to the hybrid workplace over the next year. 

In this episode, Sal Silvester connects with Mary Hassett, Chief Human Resources Officer at Lam Research, a global semiconductor company with over 12,000 employees. Mary shares her insights into collaboration, inclusion, empathy, and the Future of Work.

Don’t forget to check out this episode page on our website at www.512solutions.com for additional resources on how to prepare your leaders and teams for the future of work.

Future of Work: The Past Impacts the Future

In this episode, Sal Silvester talks with Sudakshina Ghosh, Vice President of Human Resources for Global Operations at Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), about the future of work and HPE's approach to "work that fits life."

As organizations emerge from the COVID pandemic, leaders will need to think differently about the expectations employees have about The Future of Work.

Are you and your fellow leaders ready?

Don’t forget to check out this episode page on our website at www.512solutions.com for additional resources on how to prepare your leaders and teams for the future of work.

Sal Silvester on the Future of Leadership

Sal Silvester on the Future of Leadership

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