Episodes

  • Consultant Insights: Trust by Verifying

    Consultant Insights: Trust by Verifying
    Mar 12 2025
    In this episode, Sara interviews Carrie Aguilar, a coach and consultant specializing in tech startup sales strategy. Carrie shares her background in tech sales and her experience in managing and training sales teams. They discuss the challenges of remote work and the importance of trust but verify in managing sales teams. Carrie emphasizes the need for a sales strategy in startups and the importance of understanding the problem the product solves. They also discuss the importance of delivering honest feedback and the impact of having a deliberate sales strategy in a startup environment.
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    23 mins
  • Research Reveled: Embracing Ambiguity

    Research Reveled: Embracing Ambiguity
    Mar 5 2025
    In this episode, Sara discusses the importance of leaders being able to embrace ambiguity and uncertainty in today's rapidly evolving business world. She shares three steps to foster this ability in organizations: developing agility and adaptability, fostering a culture of innovation and learning, and enhancing communication and transparency. Sara also provides questions for self-assessment and strategies to help teams navigate change and remain productive. By focusing on these steps, leaders can enhance their teams' capability to thrive in uncertain conditions and guide organizations through complexity.
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    7 mins
  • Meaningful Fact Based Feedback

    Meaningful Fact Based Feedback
    Feb 27 2025
    In this new episode of Can I Offer You Some Feedback, Sara brings on Courtney, a program development manager at a nonprofit. They discuss their initial reactions to feedback, preferences for giving and receiving feedback, and the importance of empathy and meaningful feedback. Courtney shares examples of receiving feedback in a remote work setting and emphasizes the need to check biases when giving feedback. They also discuss the importance of leading by example and creating a culture of feedback within teams.
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    21 mins
  • Business Bites: Mind Mapping

    Business Bites: Mind Mapping
    Nov 27 2024
    This week Sara gives us a new Business Bite on mind mapping. A visual diagramming technique used to represent different words, ideas, tasks, and concepts branching out from a central idea. It was first popularized by Tony Buzan in the 1960s as a way to enhance memory and creativity. Mind mapping can be used for project planning, brainstorming, and problem-solving. Two key considerations when starting with mind mapping are identifying the central idea and using colors and images to enhance visualization. Mind mapping can help organize information, make connections more apparent, and stimulate creative thinking. Stream more episodes wherever you get your podcasts!
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    6 mins
  • Consultant Insights: Helping Clients See the Unseen

    Consultant Insights: Helping Clients See the Unseen
    Nov 20 2024
    In this episode, Sara interviews Ginny Nemchick, a principal consultant of people operations, about the challenges and changes in HR and people operations in the past four years. They discuss the impact of COVID-19 on workplaces, the importance of values alignment, and the need for clear policies and practices. Ginny shares examples of clients who are successfully implementing positive changes and offers insights on delivering hard-to-hear feedback. They also discuss the value of investing in people operations and the role of external consultants in providing a fresh perspective. Stream more episodes wherever you get your podcasts!
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    23 mins
  • Research Revealed: High Trust Leaders

    Research Revealed: High Trust Leaders
    Nov 13 2024
    In this episode of Research Revealed, Sara shares that employees who are welcomed by high trust leaders are four times more committed to their company. Trust and leadership play a vital role in an organization's success. Steps to move towards a high trust leadership model include modeling transparency, building genuine relationships, and recognizing and rewarding contributions. To improve trust, measure and understand the current level of trust in the organization and take specific actions to build trust during the onboarding process and throughout an employee's career.
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    7 mins
  • Defining Impactful Feedback

    Defining Impactful Feedback
    Nov 6 2024
    In this new episode of Can I Offer You Some Feedback, Sara talks to an HR manager Jenn. They discuss feedback as a tool for personal improvement. Preferring to be the receiver of feedback, Jenn emphasizes the importance of timely and impactful feedback. She believes that creating a culture of feedback and modeling it at the highest levels is crucial. Listen to more episodes wherever you get your podcasts!
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    14 mins
  • Business Bites: Kaizen

    Business Bites: Kaizen
    Oct 30 2024
    In this new episode Sara shares a business bite with us. A management philosophy that focuses on continuous improvement through small incremental changes referred to as Kaizen. It originated in Japan after World War II and has become a core principle in lean manufacturing and business management worldwide. Kaizen is applied in various areas such as production lines and customer service teams to improve efficiency and enhance processes. To implement Kaizen, it is important to encourage collaboration and a mindset of continuous improvement. Small manageable improvements over time lead to significant change and progress. Subscribe to the podcast for new episodes weekly!
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    5 mins
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