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Welcome to Training Unleashed, your ultimate resource for transforming workplace training into a powerful tool for leadership development, employee engagement, and company growth. Produced by The Learning Network and hosted by Evan Hackel, our podcast is designed for professionals in management, HR, and training roles who are committed to unleashing the full potential of their teams and organizations.
Why Listen to Training Unleashed?
In today’s fast-paced business world, effective training isn’t just a nice-to-have—it’s a must-have. Each week, Evan Hackle brings you in-depth interviews with the industry's most qualified experts, thought leaders, and innovators. They share actionable insights, practical tips, and proven strategies that go beyond traditional training methods. Whether you're looking to enhance your leadership skills, implement human-centered training programs, or drive profitability through employee development, Training Unleashed provides you with the knowledge and tools to succeed.
What You’ll Gain:
Leadership Development: Learn how to transform your leadership style and foster a culture of continuous learning within your organization.
Human-Centered Training: Discover innovative strategies to create training programs that resonate with employees, boost engagement, and improve retention.
Practical Solutions: Get actionable tips and tricks that you can implement right away to optimize your training programs and see immediate results.
Expert Insights: Benefit from the wisdom and experience of top industry experts who have successfully navigated the challenges of training in today’s dynamic workplace.
Who Should Listen?
Our podcast is tailored for business leaders, managers, HR professionals, and training experts who are dedicated to improving their teams and driving organizational success. Whether you're in middle to upper management or on the front lines of training and development, Training Unleashed is your go-to resource for staying ahead of the curve.
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Why Choose Training Unleashed?
In a crowded market of business podcasts, Training Unleashed stands out by focusing on the intersection of leadership and training. We believe that strong leaders are made, not born, and that effective training is the key to unlocking your team's potential. Our episodes are designed to be informative yet engaging, offering you the tools to think outside the box and break free from the corporate training mold.
By subscribing to Training Unleashed, you're joining a community of like-minded professionals who are passionate about making a real impact in their organizations. Whether you’re looking to improve employee performance, enhance team dynamics, or drive business success, our podcast offers the insights and strategies you need to lead with confidence.
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Tune in every Wednesday with Evan Hackle to unleash the power of effective training and leadership. Your journey to better training and stronger leadership starts here with Training Unleashed.
Scaling your business with Crista Grasso
Our Training Unleashed podcast host Evan Hackel sat down with Crista Grasso, the creator of the Lean Out Method, a simple way to grow a business to scale in the right way, by minimizing waste and maximizing efficiencies, and a known authority on helping global businesses simplify and scale. The two discussed the importance of growing your business to the right scale.
What Do You Need to Focus on As You Scale?
Crista says there are four factors to consider: Strategy, Planning, Systems and Team.
One common problem is that when things are not working well, many companies assume they need to add more people. Yet the real problem could be something else: they don’t have the right systems in place.
And if they pause and simplify, many companies find they can stretch their people a bit further and align them with roles that will get more from the business.
Where to Focus as You Scale
If you can focus on your most important goals as a company – where you really want to be and what you really want to achieve – that will help you pinpoint activities where you can reduce your energy and your resources.
Unless you have clarity of vision, everything will seem like an amazing opportunity and you can invest your people, time and effort in the wrong areas. So the first step is to clarify your vision, so you engage in activities that are directionally correct.
On a Bigger Vision of Training
Training plays a critically important role in helping a company grow to scale provided the company asks not only “what are we doing?” but, “why are we doing it?”
Crista’s One Biggest Tip for Members of the Training Unleashed Community
“Have that clarity of vision,” Crista says. “If you know what is directionally correct for your organization, it will help you make the right decisions and help you grow to scale.”
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26:2111/11/2022
Using sales training to improve your bottom line with Jeremy Miner
When you improve sales training, you improve your bottom line. But what kind of changes should you make, and what results can you expect? Host Evan Hackel sits down with Jeremy Miner, sales training expert and CEO of 7th Level, to explore these questions and more in this episode of the Training Unleashed podcast.
Continuous Training
Jeremy asks, “Is training something that you did, or is it something that you do?”
Please take a moment to think about that question. Jeremy is telling us that if you want to sell more, you need to do sales training continually. Top athletes and sports teams don’t only train when they’re young or just starting out. They train every day. And if you want your organization to succeed, you need to do that too.
One Big Hidden Impediment to Selling More Today
Post-pandemic, your customers are more cautious and skeptical about making the wrong buying decisions. Your salespeople need to address that fear.
There is More Clutter to Cut Through than Ever Before
Checking email, for many people, is the first thing they do in the morning—even before they get out of bed or walk down the hall. When they drive to work, they hear ads on the radio and drive past billboards. And at the end of the day before they go to bed, they look at Facebook and other social platforms.
If you can't find a way to cut through all that clutter and deliver your sales message, you are simply not going to sell more.
Sales Training Needs to Be Virtual
Jeremy points out that kids do not learn to ride bicycles by attending seminars. They learn to ride bikes by riding bikes! In a similar way, if sales professionals are selling virtually, then sales training needs to be virtual and based on real-world experiences of selling to people.
Jeremy told Evan, “If you want to continually hone your skills and actually learn how to apply them, you want to continually hone those skills in virtual sales training every single day.”
Why the First Few Seconds of a Sales Call Are Critically Important
Jeremy says that if a salesperson is only fixated on making a commission, that salesperson develops what he calls “salesperson’s breath,” which can be smelled 100 feet away. And when prospects are confronted with a salesperson who has entered that state, they immediately go into a fight or flight state and cannot be sold to.
Curiously, this can happen when salespeople become too excited about their products. Today, are we learning that if you don’t want to scare your prospects away, you need a calmer approach in which you come across as calmer and more unbiased.
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40:5804/11/2022
Building connections with Dr. Michelle Johnston
In this instalment of the Training Unleashed podcast, host Evan Hackel sat down with Dr. Michelle K. Johnston to discuss the shift in leadership style from a “command and control” style to one based on building connections with yourself, your style of communication and your organization.
What Is the shift in Leadership that Michelle Has Identified?
Michelle noticed this change in leadership style when she realized that executives who were still using a “command and control” style were getting pushed out of organizations and were no longer valued.
The New Leadership Is About Connection, Connection, Connection
Michelle’s research found that leaders who were getting pushed out had failed to establish a deep connection with the people on their teams. Their teams didn't trust them. Their teams thought they were inauthentic, sometimes fake. They wondered, who is this person?
They couldn’t tell because their leader was putting on a professional act by trying to look like what a leader should be. And she saw that today’s most effective leaders are all about connection.
Listen to the entire episode to hear how connection is the new currency of leadership.
About Our Guest
Dr. Michelle K. Johnston is a management professor, executive coach, and leadership expert helping leaders achieve results through meaningful connection. She is an award-winning professor studying leadership and business communication, and her research has shown a clear link between a team’s effective communication and its positive financial performance. Michelle is a celebrated keynote speaker presenting at conferences and events nationwide. She received her PhD in communication from Louisiana State University and was named to the prestigious 100 Coaches group, which consists of the top executive coaches around the world. Michelle serves as the Gaston Chair of Business at Loyola University New Orleans where she teaches in the graduate and undergraduate programs in the College of Business. She lives in her beloved city of New Orleans, Louisiana, with her daughter, Elizabeth.
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29:0326/10/2022
Inspiring an organization with Tony Martignetti
In this Training Unleashed podcast, host Evan Hackel interviewed Tony Martignetti, Chief Inspiration Officer at Inspired Purpose Coaching, trusted advisor and leadership coach. Inspiration is at the core of everything. It’s the fuel that drives people to do extraordinary things. Listen to their discussion on the critical role inspiration plays in helping companies succeed.
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28:0414/10/2022
Building an empowered workforce with Lee Caraher
Lee Caraher is the founder and CEO of Double Forte, a national public relations and digital media agency, best-selling author of The Boomerang Principle: Inspire Lifetime Loyalty from Your Employees, and recent guest on the Training Unleashed podcast where Lee shared her proven strategies for building an empowered workforce with host Evan Hackel. Lee is an expert on managing the media, leading people, building an empowered workforce, and a communication ninja.
We know you will profit from every big idea Lee and Evan discussed. Listen until the very end for an amazing offer from Lee for the Training Unleashed community.
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36:1629/09/2022
Identifying leadership opportunities with Kimberly Gerber
In this Training Unleashed Podcast, our host Evan Hackel interviewed Kimberly Gerber, CEO of Excelerate and executive coach. We know you will benefit from Kimberly’s no-holds-barred insights into what many leaders do both right and wrong as they strive to build successful organizations. Kimberly shares opportunities business leaders should consider leveraging to take their success to a higher level.
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30:2522/09/2022
Being a Chief Everything Officer with Richard Shaull
Richard Shaull is co-founder and CEO of a company called Unleashed CEO. Richard has helped hundreds of businesses implement the right systems and teams, enabling them to rapidly scale.
In a recent Training Unleashed Podcast, Richard and host Evan Hackel discussed Richard’s exciting idea that what companies need today is what he calls Chief Everything Officers –leaders who practice the ability to wear many hats at once and unleash the power of their associates.
What It Means to Be a Chief Everything Officer
Richard told Evan that this new kind of executive – a Chief Everything Officer – is someone who sits in an executive seat in a company but finds themself wearing many more hats than they anticipated. They’re spinning more plates than they feel like they can keep going at any one time and putting out fires all the time – forced to live in what Richard calls “a reactive state.”
“None of us wants to own that identity,” Richard told Evan. “But if we're honest with ourselves in a moment of self-reflection, we'd say, `Yeah, I'm playing Chief Everything Officer. In any moment I could be Human Resources Officer or whatever the need may be.’”
Listen to the entire podcast to hear Richard’s tips that people can use to help build a mindset that a Chief Everything Officer needs.
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25:3309/09/2022
Unlocking the power of purpose with Mark Mears
Mark Mears is the founder and Chief Growth Officer at Leaf Growth Ventures LLC, a consulting firm that helps companies focus on strategic planning and execution. Mark is also author of the new book The Purposeful Growth Revolution: 4 Ways to Grow from Leader to Legacy Builder.
In a recent Training Unleashed Podcast with host Evan Hackel, Mark talked about using the power of purpose to revitalize your company and unlock new levels of success. Make sure you listen to the entire episode to hear more about unlocking the power of purpose in your organization.
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30:4823/08/2022
Building your company's wellness with Tarin Calmeyer
Because the health of your company is built on the wellness of every person who works with you, employee wellness programs are one of the smartest investments you can make.
But what kind of employee wellness programs work best? Which offer your company the biggest ROI? And how do you engage your employees to take part in them?
In a recent Training Unleashed podcast, our host Evan Hackel asked Tarin Calmeyer those questions and more. Tarin is CEO of Remote Team Wellness, a company that develops and delivers wellness programs for variety of successful companies.
If you are committed to building a top-performing company, we know you will want to spend time watching this motivating – and very different – episode of Training Unleashed.
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30:5916/08/2022
Mastering the Art of Change Leadership with Nancy Murphy
Evan Hackel recently sat down with organizational change consultant Nancy Murphy to discuss a topic that is on everyone’s mind these days: How can effective leaders bring about change in their organizations during these remarkably challenging times?
Nancy, Founder and CEO of CSR Communications, is a trainer, speaker, advisor, and mentor with a passion for teaching leaders of established organizations how to make change stick.
According to Nancy, the key to making change stick is by shifting our approach from managing people to leading people. If you are leading your organization through a process of change, you will want to listen to the entire episode of Training Unleashed with Nancy Murphy.
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33:4504/08/2022
Developing your personal superpowers with John Reid and Corena Chase
In this episode of Training Unleashed, Evan speaks with John Reid and Corena Chase, two of the team of consultant/trainers who wrote the new book The Five Lost Superpowers: Why We Lose Them and How to Get Them, recently published by LionCrest Publishing.
John and Corena believe that when we were children, we all possessed extraordinary superpowers. Then while we were growing up, we were told and taught to dampen them. But John and Corena believe we still have these powers. They are always there below the surface, waiting to help us achieve our fullest human potential.
Listen to the entire episode as Evan, John and Corena explore the five life-changing superpowers, and how we can reignite them to unlock our best selves and change our lives for the better.
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35:3718/07/2022
Critical selling skills with Bill Farquharson
In this episode of Training Unleashed, our host Evan Hackel sat down with one of the most respected sales consultants today - Bill Farquharson. Yet as you will learn in this post today, Bill is about much more than selling. He has a far-ranging philosophy that can bring success in every part of your life.
Known for his energetic and entertaining presentations about improving sales and selling, Bill is a 40-year print sales veteran. He believes that every interaction through your day can be viewed – and improved – if you think of it as a sales situation. If you are stopped by a traffic officer, that can be viewed from a sales context. The same goes for times when you are negotiating with your children, buying a cup of coffee at Starbucks, and even when you are walking your dog. In the interview, Bill also explains how he viewed recovering from the pandemic as a sales problem.
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36:1012/07/2022
Breakthrough Approaches for Hospitality Training with Brian Connors
Master trainer Brian Connors wears multiple hats and has multiple roles, and has a reputation for his contributions in the hospitality and beverage industries. He is the Bacardi Center of Excellence Faculty Director and Senior Director for Global Food & Beverage Innovation at Florida International University's Chaplin School of Hospitality and Tourism Management. He is also a strategic consultant, educator and principal for Connors Davis Hospitality.
In a recent Training Unleashed Podcast, host Evan Hackel chatted with Brian about the highly innovative approaches Brian has developed for the changing world of hospitality and beverage training, including how training has changed since the Covid-19 pandemic and how training and branding combine, and there was mention of an AI robot... listen to the episode to hear the entire episode.
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31:1206/07/2022
How to Build a Great Company with 5-Star Employees with Danielle Mulvey
Training Unleashed’s host Evan Hackel recently sat down with Danielle Mulvey, founder of a remarkable company called The All In Company that has developed systems to hire and retain only 5-star employees.
Their conversation revolves around the concept of 5-star employees elevating a team and moving the company forward, to help it grow and prosper. So, what are 5-star employees?
According to Danielle, the 5-start employee represents the top 15% of available talent in the market. A 5-star employee is “really that ideal candidate for the role who has the drive, the passion, maybe experience, maybe not, but the aptitudes to be successful in the role and deliver on the key responsibilities that you need for the role - and the measure of success you put to those key responsibilities.”
It’s an interesting concept that starts in the hiring process—digging deep into what you need from the candidate, their aptitudes, their core values. It’s about spending time with the candidate to understand them and evaluate the fit.
Danielle shares a tip on how to change your job postings to start attracting your 5-star employees today!
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39:2427/06/2022
What Executive Coaching Can Do for Your Organization with Jenna Dillon
Because Training Unleashed Podcasts are all about training, you might be wondering why our host Evan Hackel recently recorded an episode with one of America’s top executive coaches, Jenna Dillon.
After you have listened to only a few minutes of the conversation between Jenna and Evan, you will quickly discover why Evan invited her to be a featured guest. The reason is that Jenna really believes in training the executives in your organization to master the skills of being top coaches. It’s a big idea, and one that can transform the level of success at every level.
Jenna is CEO & Founder, Lead Trainer, and an Executive Coach with the Executive Performance Institute for Coaching. We encourage you to spend a transformational half hour listening to this episode of Training Unleashed.
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36:3720/06/2022
The philosophy of training with Josh Hitchcock & Josh Parnell
When our host Evan Hackel attended the International Franchise Association Convention last year, he happened to meet two inspiring men who have created leadership development and other training programs for Christian Brothers Automotive, a fast-growing automotive service franchise headquartered in Houston. They were Josh Hitchcock, Director of Leadership Development at Christian Brothers and Josh Parnell, Director of Service Development.
Many organizations focus on serving their customers. But Christian Brothers takes service to a higher level, based on spiritual ideals. Evan wanted to speak with both Joshes in-depth about their philosophy of training. We know you will want to listen the entire Training Unleashed Podcast that resulted.
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29:4703/06/2022
How to Unmute Yourself and Your People to Achieve Greater Success with Heather Hansen
Heather Hansen is Founder and CEO of Global Speech Academy and author of the new book Unmuted: How to Show Up, Speak Up, and Inspire Action. In a recent Training Unleashed Podcast, she and host Evan Hackel explored her very big idea that we can all succeed and accomplish more if we are “unmuted.”
It’s a fascinating concept. We know you will benefit from these edited portions of their remarkable conversation.
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35:1913/05/2022
The Future of Leadership with Eric Spenser
Evan Hackel opened a recent Training Unleashed Podcast by asking his guest David Spencer a provocative question . . .
“Let's just pretend for a moment it's 20 years from now. What has changed in leadership?”
Eric is just the right person to put on his thinking cap and consider big questions like that. He is COO of SkyeTeam.com and a founder of CultivateAtWork.com. He has spent more than 20years shaping HR for organizations, from startups to Fortune 100 companies. He is a sought-after consultant, speaker and mentor in the field of maximizing leadership and organizational culture.
We know you will enjoy and benefit from every big idea about leadership that these two men shared. Please make time to listen today!
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34:0506/05/2022
New Ways to Train Better in a Post-Covid World with Andrew Scivally
Evan Hackel recently welcomed Andrew Scivally, one of the founders of eLearning Brothers, to share his views on a Training Unleashed Podcast. Their conversation has the power to expand and transform the way your company trains its people today.
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32:0107/04/2022
Learning, Training and Leadership with Dirk van Reenen
Our host Evan Hackel recently interviewed Dirk van Reenan, founder of BERGflow, for another great Training Unleashed podcast.
What is BERGflow? If you visit the company’s website, you will see that the company’s mission is “helping service-based companies build better teams.” But when Evan and Dirk started to chat, their discussion took off like a skyrocket. Yes, they were talking about building teams, but before long they were discussing how humans adapt to rapid change, about leadership, recruitment, job satisfaction, performance, and of course, training.
Their conversation was remarkable, deep, and extraordinary. We are pleased to offer you the following excerpts. Be sure to watch the podcast and learn more.
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38:1906/04/2022
How Diversity and Inclusion Will Build Your Organization’s Ultimate Success with Leslie Short
In a new Training Unleashed Podcast, Evan Hackel and Leslie Short explored a very practical way to assure that your company will become dramatically more successful . . .
When you focus on Diversity and Inclusion, you will become better attuned to the clients you serve in the marketplace and as a result, far more successful.
Your organization will enjoy many other benefits too, as you will learn in our article today.
Leslie is President, CEO and Founder of The Cavu Group, an innovative firm that offers highly impactful workshops and consulting services to help organizations expand beyond their current cultures by embracing diversity and inclusion. The company’s core belief, found on its home page, is, “Diversity is no longer an option. Inclusion is not only having a seat at the table, it’s having a valued voice at the table.”
Leslie is also author of the new book Expand Beyond Your Current Culture: Diversity & Inclusion for CEOs & Leadership.
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23:2801/04/2022
Plan to grow a million leaders in the next three years with Scott Drake
People have been talking about a “leadership crisis” for years. They have consistently pointed out that there are just not enough leaders, that the leaders who do exist lack the skills they need to address current problems, that there are not enough talented young people coming up through the ranks to lead our important organizations, and more.
There are people who worry about this crisis, but one person is doing something about it. He is Scott Drake, founder and Executive Director of a training and leadership development company called JumpCoach. Scott is planning to train a million great leaders, and to do it in the next three years.
In a recent Training Unleashed podcast, Scott talked with host Evan Hackel about this ambitious goal and how he plans to reach it.
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33:0711/02/2022
Virtual reality to train your employees on a deeper level with Robin Rosenberg
In a recent episode of Training Unleashed, our host Evan Hackel talked with Robin about how she and her company, Live In Their World, have developed this practical new approach to leadership and employee development.
We know you will want to watch the podcast to absorb everything Robin says about her company’s unique approach to leading.
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39:3103/02/2022
Strategies to build great leadership skills with Krister Ungerbock
Big ideas flew recently when Evan Hackel, host of Training Unleashed, interviewed Krister Ungerbock. Krister is the former CEO of a global tech company and a leadership language expert. His insights have been covered in numerous national and international publications, including NPR, Forbes, Inc., Chief Executive and Entrepreneur. Prior to exiting corporate life at age 42, Krister was CEO of a $200M global software company. Krister is also the author of 22 Talk Shifts: Tools to Transform Leadership In Business, In Partnership and In Life, a Wall Street Journal bestseller.
While leading that company to over 3,000% growth, Krister’s team won five consecutive Top Workplace Awards, achieved remarkable employee engagement levels of 99.3%, and became a dominant player in its market niche — event management software.
We know you won’t want to miss a word of this conversation between Evan and Krister. So please watch the podcast! Here are edited excerpts.
Evan and Krister Discuss Communication, Leadership . . . and More
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40:3720/01/2022
Meredith Bell Interviews Evan Hackel about His Philosophy of Ingagement, about Training . . . and More!
If you have been watching and learning from our series of great Training Unleased podcasts – and we hope you have – we would like to tell you about something unusual! Today, we are reporting on a recent podcast in which Evan Hackel does not do the interviewing . . . he gets interviewed.
The podcast is part of the Strong Performance podcast series, hosted by an inspiring woman named Meredith Bell. Meredith is co-founder of Performance Support Systems in Hayes, Virginia.
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48:1912/01/2022
Becoming a Champion with Mark Pattison
In a recent Training Unleashed Podcast, Evan Hackel sat down and talked with Mark Pattison about becoming a champion.
There are people who have theories about becoming a champion, and there are people like Mark who has undisputedly done it in the realms of sport, mountaineering and business. The secrets he shared with Evan and our Training Unleashed family are grounded firmly in both his own story and in reality.
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42:4904/01/2022
Revolutionary Tools to Create Top-Performing Organizations with Jeremie Kubicek
In a recent Training Unleashed Podcast, host Evan Hackel sat down for a talk with Jeremie Kubicek, Executive Chairman of GiANT, a company that certifies coaches and consultants that serve companies and their employees. Jeremie, who brings a powerful new perspective to creating top-performing organizations, has authored five bestselling books and is a sought-after keynote speaker.
Jeremie is also a renowned expert on building top-performing, world-class teams. He and Evan explored ideas that can turn your organization into the home of teams that are productive, inspired, inspiring and more.
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39:4929/12/2021
Should your company build it or outsource it? with Mike Farrell
In a recent Training Unleashed Podcast, Evan Hackel discussed these issues in depth with Mike Farrell, CEO of Green Leads, a Massachusetts-based company that provides sales, marketing and lead-generation services. Note that their discussion was not limited to outsourcing a lead-gen company, but to the larger question of how and when it makes sense to outsource.
If you’re determined to maximize your company’s efficiency and ROI for every dollar you spend, you will want to listen to this unique podcast discussion.
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30:4116/12/2021
Fast-Changing Role of Automotive Service Training with Chuck Searles
Few people know the world of automotive service better than Chuck Searles, who joined Evan Hackel for a recent Training Unleashed Podcast.
In 2020, Chuck was named the President of the Automotive Management Institute, a nonprofit trade organization in the automotive sector. Chuck brings an astonishing wealth of knowledge in the automotive industries, where he has been a leader for nearly three decades.
What does it mean to be certified in an automotive service specialty? What does it mean to be accredited? And what impact do certification and accreditation play in a technician’s career and on the profitability of the company where he or she works?
You will want to listen to the entire Podcast. Chuck and Evan delve deeply into these topics, and more. You won’t want to miss a word.
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37:0930/11/2021
Maximizing the Return from Coaching with Steve Lishansky
In their recent Training Unleased podcast, Evan Hackel and his guest Steve Lishansky jumped right into a discussion of a question that should be on the mind of every effective leader . . .
How can the results of coaches be maximized?
You will hear big and important ideas from the first moment until the last when you watch. Until you do, we want to share some excerpts of their talk.
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37:3124/11/2021
How to Use Experiential Learning with Kimberly Kleiman-Lee
Kimberly Kleiman-Lee is founder and CEO of Kimberly Kleiman-Lee & Co., a leadership development and training company headquartered in Wisconsin. For more than 20 years prior to launching her own company, she played a leading role at GE’s world-renowned training university. In her recent Training Unleashed Podcast with host Evan Hackel, Kimberly gave deep insights into the role experiential learning can play in developing extraordinary training.
We know these insights will transform your training. You’ll want to devote 30 minutes of your busy day to watching this great podcast.
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32:1418/11/2021
Critical Strategies for Protecting Your People and Your Organization from the Risks of Sexual Harassment with Kia Roberts
Every Training Unleashed Podcast delivers leading-edge strategies that will transform your organization. One recent podcast, however, takes it up one level higher, because it presents information that is not only important, but absolutely essential for the safety and wellbeing of your people and your organization.
You will want to watch this important podcast today. In it, Evan Hackel spoke with Kia Roberts J.D., Founder of Triangle Investigations. Kia is a powerhouse, recognized as one of today’s leading authorities on sexual harassment in the workplace.
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42:5111/11/2021
How to unlock your leadership by Carly Fiorina
Carly Fiorina is an American icon – a businesswoman and politician best known for her tenure as CEO of Hewlett-Packard, where she was the first woman to lead a Fortune Top-20 company. She led HP from 1999 through 2005. During that time, she presided over the greatest tech-sector merger in history when HP acquired Compaq. That acquisition made HP the world's largest seller of personal computers.
Ms. Fiorina was also a top contender for the Republican presidential nomination in 2016, and a forceful presence in the Republican presidential debates. In 2018, she founded Carly Fiorina Enterprises, a professional training and coaching firm headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia.
We are proud that this leading American executive and inspiring woman was featured on a recent episode of Training Unleashed where she shared her insights on leadership, management, training, company culture and more with host Evan Hackel.
We know you will want to spend time watching this remarkable episode of Training Unleashed and we are excited to share the following excerpts of her comments with you here.
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35:2326/10/2021
Untap the Power of Mentoring with Kevin Harrington and Mark Timm
In a special Training Unleashed podcast, Evan Hackel interviewed Kevin Harrington and Mark Timm, two highly successful entrepreneurs who believe that the more you mentor others, the more success will come back to you.
In this life-changing podcast with Evan, they explain how their lives were transformed by the ideas of Zig Ziglar, who believed that “you can have everything in life you want if you just help enough other people get what they want.”The men explained how their lives had been changed by mentoring others, discussed how that simple principle can bring you ultimate success, and went on to explain that mentoring means training other people. The half hour you spend watching this podcast will supercharge your success in everything you do.Before you invest that time watching, we would like to share some insights from Kevin and Mark right now.
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28:3919/10/2021
Pilot Training Lessons That Will Transform Your Employees with Emil and Octavian
Captain Emil Dobrovolschi and international trainer Octavian Pantis share lessons from their new book Dark Cockpit with our host Evan Hackel
We are excited to share excerpts from a recent conversation between our host Evan Hackel and two remarkable men – airline Captain Emil Dobrovolschi and international trainer Octavian Pantis, authors of the new book Dark Cockpit: How to Communicate, Lead, and Be In Control at All Times Like an Airline Captain (Ignite Press, May 6, 2021).
The motivation behind Dark Cockpit was to revolutionize training by tapping into the treasure of knowledge that has been developed for aviation training, and to explain how it can be applied to leadership, crisis management, and other critical tasks. The authors, Emil and Octavian, have done a remarkable job of taking their knowledge about pilot training and translating it into advice all of us can use – even those of us who will never pilot a plane.
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37:4912/10/2021
Succeed by Failing with Erin Diehl
Over the years, many successful people have been talking about the benefits of “failing forward.” In fact, “failing forward” has become a standard business term. It means that people and the organizations they serve can only succeed by making a series of mistakes, and then learning from each of them.
This concept only makes sense. But then someone like Erin Diehl comes along and elevates the whole idea of failing forward to an entirely new level. She us founder of ImproveIt!, a company that conducts workshops that help people and organizations “get comfortable with the uncomfortable.” In a recent Training Unleashed Podcast with host Evan Hackel, the dynamic Erin discussed the profound life lessons she learned about failure by performing improv.
That’s right . . . improv! Be sure to watch this life-transforming podcast.
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33:2407/10/2021
How to Use Podcasts to Market and Promote Powerfully with Tom Schwab
Podcasts are happening every day. But have you thought about how they can work for you? Being a guest on podcasts represents an amazing promotional opportunity for you and your company.
In a recent Training Unleashed podcast, Evan Hackel interviewed Tom Schwab, podcasting guru and Founder/CEO of Interview Valet, the category king of Podcast Interview Marketing.
If you are eager to promote and market your company or yourself using podcasts – which Tom believes is one of the most effective ways possible you will want to spend a productive half hour watching this episode and playing close heed to what Tom has to tell you.
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34:2629/09/2021
Power Tactics that Make Training Exciting with Nancy Giere
Every training designer wants to banish boredom from the courses they create. But boredom can creep in. How and why does that happen? According to top training designer Nancy Giere, it happens when training designers are so concerned with including every idea and concept that they overload their courses. “They put in too much content,” she told Even Hackel in a recent Training Unleashed Podcast.
How does that happen, and how can you prevent it from affecting your training? Here are some highlights of what Nancy told Evan in her terrific Training Unleashed Podcast, which you will not want to miss.
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35:2721/09/2021
How to become a great listener with Theresa Campbell
In a recent Training Unleased podcast, Evan Hackel and his guest Theresa Campbell discussed highly unusual, revolutionary techniques for becoming not just a good listener, but a great listener.
You will hear practical guidance on listening in this podcast – insights that you will not find anywhere else. You will want to spend some quality time watching it.
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41:2014/09/2021
Learn from the Way NASCAR Trains with Jay Nadeau
Things can go wrong at NASCAR races. The crowds, parking areas, concessions, all offer opportunities for problems to arise. But despite those risks, NASCAR has established an enviable record of safety for both race patrons and NASCAR employees.
The person who makes everything run safely is Jay Nadeau, Director of Risk Management and Loss Control for NASCAR. We were thrilled when Jay sat down with our Evan Hackel to record this episode. Many of the training strategies Jay uses can be applied to training in your company too. Let’s take a closer look.
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35:3807/09/2021
The Transformative Power of Culture with Chuck Cooper
From Covid Back to Reality: Chuck Cooper on the Role Company Culture Can Play During the Recovery
What steps should you take to lead your enterprise during the post-Covid-19 return to business? Every business leader is trying to answer that question today. So it was timely that Evan Hackel interviewed Chuck Cooper on this issue in a recent Training Unleashed Podcast. Chuck is a consultant and author who is a deep thinker about leadership, motivation, company culture, and more.
We know you will want to take the time listen to the powerful ideas that Chuck explored in his talk with Evan
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33:1531/08/2021
How to Build Your Mental Toughness and Be the Best You Ever with Chris Dorris
Do you want to become the best you possible – a person who lives your life on your own terms and exceeds all expectations, even your own? The secret lies in something that Chris Dorris calls mental toughness. And in this life-changing podcast, Chris explains how to put its transformative power to work for you.
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38:3124/08/2021
The critical importance of compliance with Steve Vincze
Here are some of Steve’s take-aways from this essential podcast.
Compliance Awareness Saves Money
“In this day and age of Covid-19 and high risk, “Steve explains, “the relative cost of putting in an effective compliance program, compared to the risk of a whistleblower lawsuit or a violation because you are out of compliance, is just enormous.
“In this high risk world that we live in, a compliance program is a smart, sensible way to put in place controls that enhance and enable your business to compete and win, regardless of what your business is.”
It Takes a Trained Team to Keep Your Business Safe
“We're all familiar with going through the airport,” Steve explains, “and the idea that if you see something, say something. And the same attitude should be internal to any company.
People in your organization have to be able to look around and say, `Hey wait a second, we are not in compliance in this area, and that could be a problem. And that's where training is perhaps the most important element.
“Training is the glue that connects all of the structure – from policies, procedures, monitoring – and holds it all together. Through training, people understand why compliance is important. It's the why behind the what that training really exploits.”
A Case Study that Proves the Point
Steve, who has worked extensively in the life science industries, says, “One case that really comes to mind that I think all your viewers are very familiar with is the Theranos case. Elizabeth Holmes, the former child genius from Stanford, founded that blood-testing company with the concept that it is possible to learn amazing things from just a pinprick of blood.
“Well, it sounded too good to be true. And guess what, it was. But she attracted incredible investors, and the company took off. And she was, I believe, at one point, the wealthiest woman CEO in the world. But then it all came crashing down. Why? Well, there weren't controls in place to catch the problem, which was that the technology didn’t work. Or to catch the smoke and mirrors.
“Employees or fellow executives could have said, `Wait a second, this doesn't sound right. Wait a second, this really isn't working. Wait a second, where's the science to back this up?’
“A compliance program builds that kind of internal check . . . So that's a clear example of where a compliance program. and I would add an ethics and compliance program, could have prevented tremendous problems.
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30:2617/08/2021
Use Intention, Small Steps and Clarity to Get Great Things Done with Terry Darren
In this episode of Training Unleashed, Evan talks to Terry Warren, one of America’s top coaches to highly successful executives, discussed his proven strategies for achieving much greater success.
In this life-changing podcast, you will learn to apply his philosophy to produce immediate benefits in everything you do.
Here are some insights you will gain from Evan’s conversation with Terry.
Intention Is the First Step toward Getting Great Things Done
Terry told Evan, “When people make an intentional choice to do something, and they commit to it . . . it’s as if they were jumping off a cliff. When they do that, the success rate is 100 percent. They’re declaring an intention, letting the world know about it, and are willing to be accountable for it. That realization came to me after coaching 30 or 40 people. I saw there was something going on there.”
Together, Evan and Terry called this, “The Power of Declaration.”
Use Small Steps to Ignite Major Change
“I once worked with a person who was tremendous when he was working with clients,” Terry recalls, “but was having difficulty internally in his communication style. And he was called on the carpet by HR and told, `This can’t continue.’
“But this person engaged with me and accepted the idea that he needed to change. Then we talked about baby steps he could take to do that. One of those steps was for him to find somebody in his own team, somebody he trusted. And then to say to that person, `I realize I need to change how I'm coming across, will you help me with that? And I am going to give you permission, not during a meeting, but after, to call me to account if I did not do well.’
“And it was transformational . . . I find that baby steps are a great place to start. And so if I'm talking to people, I say, `Let's just commit to one small thing right now, and let's take some baby steps to get to that, then we can come back to others. But let's just start with one, because that doesn't seem overwhelming.”
Try Constantly to Gain Perspective
Terry observes, “Things look different, depending on where you're standing to look at them. The example I like is a Rubik's Cube. Hold up a Rubik's Cube and just look squarely at the face, and it's a square! But if you turn it a little bit, you might see one of the other sides or if you turn a little further, you might see some of the bottom. One of the ways to change how we approach business problems is to bring a new perspective to them . . . if you get other people's input, you might then say to yourself, `What do I need to stop believing in order to do this?’
“And I think if you get those other perspectives, that leads to clarity about what needs to be done. You get better results when you actually have a different perspective.”
Strive for Clarity
“If you're clear about what you're trying to do, then you can actually accomplish it,” Terry told Evan. “But sometimes it's not possible to get total clarity about something you want to accomplish. If that is the case, you need to ask more questions, and to get additional information. And at a certain point, you need to consider, how much information have I gathered? Have I gathered as much information as possible in the time I have? Have I gathered enough information to believe that I'm clear on what has to be done?”
Those are only a small selection of the big ideas that came into focus during this powerful Training Unleashed podcast.
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33:4610/08/2021
Leadership in the new post-pandemic world with Kevin Eikenberry
In this episode of Training Unleashed, Evan pointed out that he has long been working remotely, and letting employees of his companies do so too, for years. He noted that since working remotely became common during the pandemic, he has lost one of his preferred tools for recruiting employees. Pre-pandemic, offering candidates the chance to work from home was highly attractive. Now, it has become routine.
Kevin, from his side of the conversation, recalled similar experiences. “I've been leading a remote team or a hybrid team for over a decade,” Kevin told Evan. “And then about seven years ago, we formed the Remote Leadership Institute as a part of our larger organization. I was working with a gentleman named Wayne Turmel. And his whole focus was around remote communication for trainers, for presenters, for salespeople, etc. And so we brought all of our leadership work together under the umbrella of the Remote Leadership Institute. And now we've written several of books in this area, one called The Long Distance Leader and then more recently, The Long Distance Teammate. So we've been in this space helping people work remotely for a lot longer than the pandemic.”
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38:0704/08/2021
Identifying your blind spots with Candace Sjogren
In this episode of Training Unleashed, Evan talks to Candace Sjogren, entrepreneur, coach, author, as well as co-founder and center director of Boston Breakthrough Academy (BBA) about the benefits of attending the leadership development and emotional intelligence training at BBA.
Emotional intelligence training isn’t commonly used to describe leadership development training. According to Candace, “from an employer’s perspective, it’s awareness. Awareness of what am I bringing to the table, what are you bringing to the table, and how do we shift an otherwise tense situation into something that’s supportive to both of us.”
Leadership development training programs that focus on emotional intelligence, like the one offered through BBA, help you identify your blind spots. They help you determine what you’re not seeing. “Why is my boss continuously telling me that I’m a star performer, ‘but…’ Why is that ‘but’ continuously showing up in my life? And how can I break through that in order to be at the next level of whatever it is in life for me. Whether that’s being the next level mom or next level executive,” explained Candace.
It’s all about building or breaking the habit.
And, during the interview, Candace teaches Evan a really quick exercise that anyone can practice in their life to create a new habit and shift behavior.
And remember to listen to the end of the episode to get Candace’s BIG tip and the details about her giveway.
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39:3925/05/2021
Getting clarity through coaching with David Wood
In this episode of Training Unleashed, Evan talks to David Wood, high performance coach and founder of focus.ceo, about the simple steps you can take to reap rewards that are not possible from your comfort zone.
Here are some of the tips David shared:
We’re more likely to regret the things we didn’t do than the things we did do. As David explained, what he wants for everyone is that when they’re sitting on their death bed that they really gave it everything, “I really went for it.” David believes that playing it safe can be one of the most dangerous things you can do.
It’s perfect as it is, but there’s always more. According to David, there is always room for more. He acknowledges that it’s valid for people who are happy where they are today. There are people who, for them, not searching for more could start to get boring. And for them, “it’s perfect as it is, but I have desires and that’s also perfect.”
You can’t read the label from inside the jar. For David, “I can only see what I can see and my biggest enemy is my own arrogance.” He used a game of chess to help explain this. You might see that you can take a knight, but someone else watching sees that in three moves you’re going to lose your queen. When you can get that outside perspective, you get the clarity of distance.
During the interview, Evan opened himself up to coaching from David. Through David’s coaching method, Evan was able to see the situation from a different perspective.
Remember to listen to the end of the episode to get David’s BIG tip and details about his giveway to Training Unleashed listeners.
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39:0219/05/2021
Driving business value through DEI with Frank Clark
In this episode of Training Unleashed, Evan talks to Frank Clark, a diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) expert, and CEO of Via Group Partners about the importance of having a DEI strategy for your business.
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34:1513/05/2021
Making Training that Sticks with Meredith Bell
In this episode of Training Unleashed, Evan’s guest is Meredith Bell, Author, Speaker, Publisher of Assessment & Development Tools, and president of Performance Support Systems is the guest in this episode of Training Unleashed. Evan and Meredith have a great conversation about how to make training that sticks.
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40:4609/05/2021
Fixing Workplace Injustice with Kim Scott and Trier Bryant
In this episode of Training Unleashed, Evan is joined by Kim Scott and Trier Bryant, co-founders of Just Work LLC. They have a very interesting discussion about diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in the workplace and how we can be part of the solution to fix workplace injustice.
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41:5627/04/2021