Cultivate your Culture

Travis Thomas, Leadership and Team Dynamics Coach for the US Men's National Soccer Team talks about how he has helped shift the culture on the national team, how improvisation can boost results and build adaptability, and how to use reflection to supercharge learning. In today's episode, you'll learn: Visit www.kizo.ca/podcast to get extra resources or join our mailing list. Our guest, Travis Thomas is the Leadership and Team Dynamics Coach for the US Men’s National Soccer Team. Travis is a performance coach, speaker and author of the book “3 Words for Getting Unstuck: Live Yes, And.” He uses the principles of improvisation to teach mindset, collaboration, and culture, based on his 20+ years as a performer. Connect with Travis on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, visit his website, or buy his book. Cultivate your Culture is a show that decodes how leaders can create environments where their teams do their best work and flourish. Our guests are pioneers in team dynamics and culture from the worlds of business, military and sport. Hear them share simple, straightforward techniques that you could use with your team to set up, evolve and measure culture. The host, Zoran Stojkovic helps people build habits and behaviors that unleash their inner greatness so that they can contribute positively to the world. Through his company, Kizo, he equips organizations and people with culture and mindset tools to reach full engagement through powerful workshops, memorable keynotes, and transformative individual consultations. Cultivate Your Culture is produced by Kizo, a leadership coaching organization helping teams to get the results they want so that they can positively impact the world. To learn more about the services Kizo can provide for your team, please check out our website at kizo.ca/team. Support the show

Mark Shapiro, President and CEO at the Toronto Blue Jays talks about how the Blue Jays came up with their values, how to deal with star performers who have a negative impact on culture, and why it’s important to align the person we are with the leader we are. In today's episode, you'll learn: Visit www.kizo.ca/podcast to get extra resources or join our mailing list. Our guest, Mark Shapiro is the President and CEO at the Toronto Blue Jays. Widely considered one of MLB’s top executives, Mark has been named Executive of the year multiple times. He spent 24 seasons in Cleveland, where he quickly moved up the ranks, and has been with the Blue Jays since 2015 and recently re-signed another 5 year contract extension. Mark and I met and talked at a sports conference in Toronto in 2018. Connect with Mark on Twitter. Cultivate your Culture is a show that decodes how leaders can create environments where their teams do their best work and flourish. Our guests are pioneers in team dynamics and culture from the worlds of business, military and sport. Hear them share simple, straightforward techniques that you could use with your team to set up, evolve and measure culture. The host, Zoran Stojkovic helps people build habits and behaviors that unleash their inner greatness so that they can contribute positively to the world. Through his company, Kizo, he equips organizations and people with culture and mindset tools to reach full engagement through powerful workshops, memorable keynotes, and transformative individual consultations. Cultivate Your Culture is produced by Kizo, a leadership coaching organization helping teams to get the results they want so that they can positively impact the world. To learn more about the services Kizo can provide for your team, please check out our website at kizo.ca/team. Support the show

Rita Sever, founder of Supervision Matters talks about how to harness equity (not equality), what hidden rules are and how to change the toxic ones, and how to hire people who promote equity. In today's episode, you'll learn: Visit www.kizo.ca/podcast to get extra resources or join our mailing list. Our guest is Rita Sever, founder of Supervision Matters, a company that coaches organizations on how to improve culture, supervision and HR. With an MA in Organizational Psychology, Rita has taught at University of San Francisco and Sonoma State University in California. Her new book, Leading for Justice: Supervision, HR and Culture, is a practical look at how we build justice organizations that are connected, efficient, and resilient. Connect with Rita on Twitter, LinkedIn, or through Supervision Matters. Her book can be bought on Amazon. Cultivate your Culture is a show that decodes how leaders can create environments where their teams do their best work and flourish. Our guests are pioneers in team dynamics and culture from the worlds of business, military and sport. Hear them share simple, straightforward techniques that you could use with your team to set up, evolve and measure culture. The host, Zoran Stojkovic helps people build habits and behaviors that unleash their inner greatness so that they can contribute positively to the world. Through his company, Kizo, he equips organizations and people with culture and mindset tools to reach full engagement through powerful workshops, memorable keynotes, and transformative individual consultations. Cultivate Your Culture is produced by Kizo, a leadership coaching organization helping teams to get the results they want so that they can positively impact the world. To learn more about the services Kizo can provide for your team, please check out our website at kizo.ca/team. Support the show

Theresa Ito, Principal at Blue Mountain Solutions talks about the three dials leaders need to keep in check, how to set up honest communication in your team, and how to accelerate the evolution of culture change. In today's episode, you'll learn: Visit www.kizo.ca/podcast to get extra resources or join our mailing list. Our guest is Teresa Ito, principal of Blue Mountain Solutions, a leadership and customer service development company. Teresa has worked in leadership internationally for over 30 years and delivers sessions in person and online that are filled with leadership best practices, useful anecdotes, and a healthy dose of humor. One thing that really came across in our conversation is how passionate Teresa is about people and relationships. Connect with Theresa on Instagram, LinkedIn, or through Blue Mountain Solutions. Cultivate your Culture is a show that decodes how leaders can create environments where their teams do their best work and flourish. Our guests are pioneers in team dynamics and culture from the worlds of business, military and sport. Hear them share simple, straightforward techniques that you could use with your team to set up, evolve and measure culture. The host, Zoran Stojkovic helps people build habits and behaviors that unleash their inner greatness so that they can contribute positively to the world. Through his company, Kizo, he equips organizations and people with culture and mindset tools to reach full engagement through powerful workshops, memorable keynotes, and transformative individual consultations. Cultivate Your Culture is produced by Kizo, a leadership coaching organization helping teams to get the results they want so that they can positively impact the world. To learn more about the services Kizo can provide for your team, please check out our website at kizo.ca/team. Support the show

Bryce Tully, CEO at Innerlogic shares ways to measure culture, questions you can ask your team to build cohesion, and how implicit learning can level up the systems in your team. In today's episode, you'll learn: Visit www.kizo.ca/podcast to get extra resources or join our mailing list. This week we talk with Bryce Tully, CEO at Innerlogic, a software company devoted to helping organizations enhance the measurement and tracking of team culture and emotional health. Bryce is also a sport scientist in the Canadian Sport Centre Atlantic and has been to 2 Olympic games supporting national teams. His work focuses primarily on building high-performance cultures, learning environments, and individual athlete optimization strategies. Connect with Bryce on Twitter, LinkedIn, or through innerlogic. Cultivate your Culture is a show that decodes how leaders can create environments where their teams do their best work and flourish. Our guests are pioneers in team dynamics and culture from the worlds of business, military and sport. Hear them share simple, straightforward techniques that you could use with your team to set up, evolve and measure culture. The host, Zoran Stojkovic helps people build habits and behaviors that unleash their inner greatness so that they can contribute positively to the world. Through his company, Kizo, he equips organizations and people with culture and mindset tools to reach full engagement through powerful workshops, memorable keynotes, and transformative individual consultations. Cultivate Your Culture is produced by Kizo, a leadership coaching organization helping teams to get the results they want so that they can positively impact the world. To learn more about the services Kizo can provide for your team, please check out our website at kizo.ca/team. Support the show

Hey, welcome to Cultivate your Culture! This is a podcast where we decode how leaders can create environments where their teams do their best work and flourish. Our guests are pioneers in team dynamics and culture from the worlds of business, military & sport. Hear them share simple, straightforward techniques to set up, evolve and measure culture. With over 92,000 hours spent working, let’s focus on the relationships and the results will follow. I'm your host, Zoran Stojković and I help people build habits and behaviours that unleash their inner greatness so that they can contribute positively to the world. Now let’s get into today’s episode. -- Cultivate your Culture is produced by Kizo, a leadership coaching organization helping teams get the results they want so that they positively impact the world. To learn more about the services Kizo can provide for your team, please check out our website at https://www.kizo.ca/team. Support the show

In this episode of Cultivate your Culture, we talk with Adam Kreek, who is and Olympian and one of North America’s top Executive Business Coaches. He shares easy-to-apply principles for developing character as a leader, why results and commitment are both important, and how to deal with pushback with culture change. This is the last episode in Season 1. Season 2 of Cultivate your Culture is returning in fall 2021! Adam Kreek is one of North America’s top Executive Business Coaches, who specializes in leadership development and strategic planning. He has degrees and certifications from Stanford University, UBC Sauder School of Business, and Queens Smith School of Business. He is a guest lecturer at the University of Victoria and teaches strategies and skills of self-leadership, leadership, high performance and perseverance to corporate and government teams globally through keynotes, workshops and online seminars. Adam has coached, trained and taught hundreds of thousands of people, including teams at Microsoft, General Electric and Mercedes-Benz. As an Entrepreneur, Adam runs two small corporations – KreekSpeak Business Solutions and Ergo Eco Solutions, a low carbon initiative that connects small businesses with small governments. Long-term clients include leadership teams from the Aerospace, Finance, Public Service, Nutrition and Clean Energy Sectors. A two-time Olympian, Adam holds 60 international medals, including Olympic Gold, and multiple hall of fame inductions. In 2013, Adam made the first-ever attempt to row unsupported across the Atlantic Ocean from Africa to America, the subject of the NBC Dateline Documentary, Capsized. Adam’s bestselling book, The Responsibility Ethic, teaches us the how of self-leadership, driving personal and professional results in individuals and organizations. Connect with Adam on Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, or through his website. The host, Zoran Stojkovic believes that we are all born to flourish in work and life. Through his company, Kizo, he equips organizations and people with culture and mindset tools to reach full engagement through powerful workshops, memorable keynotes, and transformative individual consultations. Support the show

In this episode of Cultivate your Culture, we talk with Nadine Dubina, who is the former Associate Director of Coach Development for the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee. She blends her passion for coaching with an experiential learning facilitation style to create coach development workshops, courses, and presentations that are unique, practical, and purposeful. Nadine collaborated on creating the 6 guiding principles of the USOPC’s Quality Coaching Framework and uses this as the basis for all of her coaching work. Nadine earned a B.S. in Athletic Coaching Education from West Virginia University, an M.A. in Sport Psychology from California State University, Fresno and is currently pursuing her Ed.D in Coaching and Teaching Studies at West Virginia University. She was a competitive gymnast and has coached and judged gymnastics at various levels over the past decade. She shares easy-to-use principles for getting the boat moving on culture change, various models on leadership, and how to navigate the change process. Connect with Nadine on Twitter, LinkedIn, or Instagram. The host, Zoran Stojkovic believes that we are all born to flourish in work and life. Through his company, Kizo, he equips organizations and people with culture and mindset tools to reach full engagement through powerful workshops, memorable keynotes, and transformative individual consultations. Support the show

In this episode of Cultivate your Culture, we talk with Dr. Lauren Tashman, who is a performance coach and certified mental performance consultant based in New York City. She works with clients in a variety of performance domains on mindset, leadership, and team culture through her private practice Align Performance, LLC and as a master coach for Valor Performance. Lauren co-hosts The Path Distilled podcast exploring the shared human experience of striving for success, and she’s been working with teams for over 15 years. She shares easy-to-use principles for getting the boat moving on culture change, various models on leadership, and how to navigate the change process. Connect with Lauren on Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, or through her website. The host, Zoran Stojkovic believes that we are all born to flourish in work and life. Through his company, Kizo, he equips organizations and people with culture and mindset tools to reach full engagement through powerful workshops, memorable keynotes, and transformative individual consultations. Support the show

In this episode of Cultivate your Culture, we are joined by Kimia Hamidi, the founder of Buyer - Negotiation as a Service for tech-focused companies. Buyer audits a company's spend and negotiates their contracts without being jerks. Kimia has been involved in a few other companies, a previous exit, and tons learned along the way. He distills practical tools for how to rebuild a team, how to identify people who fit your culture, and the difference between culture in start-ups and big companies. Connect with Kimia on Twitter, LinkedIn, or Instagram. Check the website for his company, Buyer for more details on what Kimia does. The host, Zoran Stojkovic believes that we are all born to flourish in work and life. Through his company, Kizo, he equips organizations and people with culture and mindset tools to reach full engagement through powerful workshops, memorable keynotes, and transformative individual consultations. Support the show

In this episode of Cultivate your Culture, we are joined by gold-medal Olympian, professor, and organizational consultant Jennifer Walinga who shares easy-to-apply techniques to foster values-based teams. Connect with Jennifer on Twitter, LinkedIn, or Instagram. Check out her website for more details on what Jennifer does and the impact she can make in your organization. The host, Zoran Stojkovic believes that we are all born to flourish in work and life. Through his company, Kizo, he equips organizations and people with culture and mindset tools to reach full engagement through powerful workshops, memorable keynotes, and transformative individual consultations. Support the show

In this episode of Cultivate your Culture, we are joined by Monique Kavelaars. Monique is a retired Olympic fencer, entrepreneur, business facilitator, and trainer. She has been working with teams to create cultural shifts in pursuit of high performance for over 15 years. Building on her experience as a Canadian Olympian, Monique guides teams to learn about what it takes to be an effective team while focused on the results. Returning to Canada (After living abroad for 13 years) Monique works as a consultant bringing her talents as a motivating team member. Offering her expertise on facing challenges, problem-solving and collaborative decisions making towards team goals. She will also be working with the Canadian Olympic team as an Athlete Mentor for the 2021 Olympics next summer. Connect with Monique via Twitter, LinkedIn, or Instagram. Check out her website for more details on what Monique does and the impact she can make in your organization. The host, Zoran Stojkovic believes that we are all born to flourish in work and life. Through his company, Kizo, he equips organizations and people with culture and mindset tools to reach full engagement through powerful workshops, memorable keynotes, and transformative individual consultations. Support the show

In this episode of Cultivate your Culture, we are joined by Bruno Guévremont. Bruno builds and rebuilds elite performers. He continues to inspire greatness on battlefields and in boardrooms, building high-performance leaders and organizations in every arena he enters, rekindling and sparkling greatness, bridging generations and connecting those in uniforms with those in power suits. Today, Bruno helps high profile CEOs, executives, managers, and organizations navigate a clear path to their next level of greatness. Sustainable peak performance is achievable, and Bruno will take you there. Connect with Bruno via Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, or Instagram. Check out his website for more details on what Bruno does and the impact he can make in your organization. The host, Zoran Stojkovic believes that we are all born to flourish in work and life. Through his company, Kizo, he equips organizations and people with culture and mindset tools to reach full engagement through powerful workshops, memorable keynotes, and transformative individual consultations. Support the show

In this episode of Cultivate your Culture, we are joined by Landon Gorbenko. Landon is the Director of Performance PowerUp Academy and GScience. He is also the host of the No Tilt Mind Podcast. He has a Masters in Performance Psychology and works as a Mental Performance Consultant with a wide range of amateur to professional esport athletes to improve their mental skills and overall performance. Connect with Landon via Twitter, LinkedIn, or Instagram. The host, Zoran Stojkovic believes that we are all born to flourish in work and life. Through his company, Kizo, he equips organizations and people with culture and mindset tools to reach full engagement through powerful workshops, memorable keynotes, and transformative individual consultations. Support the show

In this episode of Cultivate your Culture, we are joined by Susan Scott. Susan founded Fierce in 2001 after 13 years leading CEO think tanks and more than 10,000 hours of conversations with senior executives. Over the past two decades, she has shared her expertise with clients through her keynote presentations, TedX Talks, and award-winning books, Fierce Conversations: Achieving Success at Work and in Life, One Conversation at a Time, and Fierce Leadership: An Alternative to the Worst “Best” Practices of Business Today. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Hobart and William Smith Colleges. Susan is a popular and sought-after Fortune 100 public speaker, and renowned leadership development architect. Known for her bold yet practical approach to executive coaching and leadership development, Susan has been challenging people to say the things that are hard to say for over two decades. Connect with Susan via her website. The host, Zoran Stojkovic believes that we are all born to flourish in work and life. Through his company, Kizo, he equips organizations and people with culture and mindset tools to reach full engagement through powerful workshops, memorable keynotes, and transformative individual consultations. Support the show

In this episode of Cultivate your Culture we are joined by Valorie Kondos-Field, often referred to as Miss Val. She is a retired American gymnastics coach. She was the head coach of the UCLA Bruins gymnastics team of the University of California, Los Angeles from 1991 to 2019, leading the Bruins to seven national championship titles. In her book, Life is Short, Don't Wait to Dance, Miss Val shares personal stories, anecdotes, and lessons learned throughout the 37-year career of a dancer/choreographer turned athletic coach. Miss Val is a dynamic speaker and choreographer. She lights up a crowd with her enthusiasm and zest for life and mesmerizes audiences with her spectacular ability to entertain. And, as a newly retired head coach, she’s ready to spread her joy even further. Connect with Valorie via her website. The host, Zoran Stojkovic believes that we are all born to flourish in work and life. Through his company, Kizo, he equips organizations and people with culture and mindset tools to reach full engagement through powerful workshops, memorable keynotes, and transformative individual consultations. Support the show

Culture devours strategy any day of the week, but so little time is invested nourishing it. Mental Performance Specialist Zoran Stojkovic interviews guests and pulls back the curtain on how to build connected, high-performing teams using actionable tools, evidence-based systems, and simple processes. Leaders in all areas including business and sport will find valuable and practical tools to improve the team dynamics and unlock the keys to cultivating the culture they want on their team. In...