Tag: Boundaries

The Leadership Advantage: Proven Techniques for Creating a Culture of Success with Mark Herbert (Ep. 41)

The Leadership Advantage: Proven Techniques for Creating a Culture of Success with Mark Herbert (Ep. 41)

You are only one part of your business and its growth.

Growth starts from the talent you acquire and your employee’s contributions to building and moving your business forward.

How to encourage growth within the workplace while balancing professional and personal lives inside and outside the office? Do you know?

In this episode, Mark Herbert from New Paradigms, LLC joins Brent Mekosh to talk about tangible leadership skills business leaders can start applying to take their workforce to the next level. Listen in as Mark covers the value of creating a company environment that promotes growth opportunities through effective management and a comprehensive leadership style.

Mark discusses:

  • What’s an executive privilege, and how it impacts employee communication
  • What you should know about the Management by Wandering Around (MBWA) leadership style 
  • The value of boundaries and balance between your employee’s personal and professional lives
  • The importance of maintaining employee happiness and its role in creating a positive work environment
  • His experience in blending cultures after a merger or acquisition without losing profit or talent
  • And more!

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About Our Guest:

Mark F. Herbert has over 30 years of combined corporate management and consulting experience in industries ranging from high technology and financial services to healthcare and ecotourism. His most recent corporate role was as Chief Operating/Relationship Officer for one of Oregon’s largest credit unions.

Mark is a Principal for New Paradigms, LLC, a management consultancy specializing in helping organizations effectively and successfully embrace change and engage their workforces.

Turning Business Owners Into Firefighters of Burnout with Becky Wolfe (Ep. 35)

Turning Business Owners Into Firefighters of Burnout with Becky Wolfe (Ep. 35)

Over 65% of physicians have experienced burnout. The percentage for businesses, leaders, and their teams is likely higher.

In this episode, Brent Mekosh speaks with Becky Wolfe, the founder of BW Consulting Solutions. Becky unveils the impact of burnout within the workforce while revealing how the pandemic has changed the way we think about mental health and how burnout relates to the current turnover rate in businesses.

Becky discusses:

  • Why she changed careers to focus on mental health
  • Strategies for business leaders to identify burnout and provide support 
  • Reasons mental health has become so important and its impact on business planning
  • Proactive steps to addressing burnout and stopping it from growing
  • Burnout from a family and work-from-home perspective
  • And more!

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About Our Guest:

Becky Wolfe is a Leadership Development Specialist focusing on organizational change, specifically within teams experiencing burnout. She is a certified Coach/Consultant with GiANT Worldwide and has a background in healthcare.

Becky started her career as a Physician Assistant in 2006, initially working in the ER. She then transitioned to Cardiology, where she spent the bulk of her career. Becky started working with a health coaching company in 2020 and started her leadership development company later that year. Becky now is a full-time entrepreneur focusing on helping teams move forward from burnout.