Gapology Radio

Creating a Culture of Winning: Culture Series

Creating a culture of winning is a process, not a destination. It is a continuous, ever-evolving environment intentionally built through dedication and focus. In this episode, we discuss methods from Gapology that you can leverage to define and design that culture in your workplace.

Creating a Culture of Purpose: Culture Series

In this episode, we kick off a new series discussing ways to create specific cultural elements through the lens of Gapology and the methods we share. This series starts with a conversation on creating a "Culture of Purpose." "Purpose" is a critical, foundational element for any successful organization, as it emotionally connects people to the overall objective and provides a clear direction for everyone's efforts. 

Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow: IMBAR Mapping Series

Creating the career of our dreams requires a firm understanding of our past and, even more importantly, our present. To get to where we want to be, we need to know where we are, and briefly looking into our past for clues of potential obstacles helps us improve and more effectively move forward. The IMBAR Mapping process is the perfect vehicle to do all of this. As we wrap up our short series discussing IMBAR, we outline this simple, yet powerful process. 

What’s Your Story?: IMBAR Mapping Series

Each of us has a story. We are writing a narrative every day that defines our lives. Many of us are not even aware of this fact, and as a result, we trudge through life without any sense of control or purpose, feeling unfulfilled, frustrated, and directionless. In reality, however, we, more than anyone else, have the ability to create the story we desire. In this episode, we discuss the power of creating a Storyboard based on how we currently see ourselves as a process to design the story we desire.

Executive Impact: IMBAR Mapping Series

Like it or not, your IMBAR impacts your team. Your Identity, Mindset, and Behaviors create the Actions and Results that the team produces. You can see it. You can feel it every day. And by knowing this, you have a tremendous opportunity to do something really amazing with it. Their IMBAR is a direct reflection of your own IMBAR. Like a mirror in which you come face-to-face with yourself, your team’s Identity, Mindset, and Behaviors are really your own. 
So how do you create something amazing? Tune in to find out!

The Pathway of Transformation: IMBAR Mapping Series

In this Gapology Radio podcast episode, we begin a new series discussing a process of mapping your Identity, Mindset, Behavior, Action, and Results, known by the acronym: IMBAR. We share a brief introduction and history while laying the foundation for this new series, where we will share insights into how you can leverage the power of IMBAR to transform your career, life, and the lives of those you impact… no matter what level of an organization you work in. 

Making Meetings Effective: Emerging Leaders Series

Most organizations today have a “Meeting Culture,” and their teams commonly suffer from “Meeting Fatigue.” Driven by remote work and many other factors, there is no getting around it, and if not managed well, a Meeting Culture can be unproductive and demotivating. Listen to this week’s Gapology Radio podcast episode to learn 5 steps to make meetings more effective through a Gapology lens.

Setting the Bar: Emerging Leaders Series

Where have you set your "Bar?" Do you know? The “Bar” in this context is the level of expectation for performance that you are going after. In this episode, we discuss five career-building behaviors that winning leaders can leverage to set themselves apart. 

Emerging Leaders - A Conversation with Jonas Lee-Brockhoff

In this episode, we have an in-depth conversation with Jonas Lee-Brockhoff, an Emerging Leader, to hear about his experience as a newly promoted IT Services and Technology Solutions leader and formerly enlisted United States Marine. Jonas shares common struggles and successes experienced when starting a new role and provides relevant advice to our listeners. 

Reduce Stress with Leadership Rhythm: Emerging Leaders Series

Too much stress? Often stress in Emerging Leaders and their direct reports is due to a lack of clear process, resulting in chaos. In this week’s podcast episode, we discuss leveraging a clear Leadership Rhythm to establish predictable behaviors that your team, and you, can count on. 
Also, read our full blog on this topic here: https://www.gapology.org/post/reduce-stress-with-leadership-rhythm-an-emerging-leaders-episode

Self-Development: Emerging Leaders Series

Personal and professional growth sits at the heart of winning leadership. Just as the Knowledge Gap is the first Performance Gap we must identify and close when we miss achieving our objectives, self-development must be the first thing we go after when attempting to improve our performance.
Listen to Mark and Brian discuss self-development as they continue their series on Emerging Leaders.

Accountability: Emerging Leaders Series

Accountability is a tricky thing to get right. Come on too strong, and you risk alienating the team and breaking apart any positive culture you try to create. Come on too weak, and you put developing respect and confidence at risk. Emerging leaders struggle here. Actually, many experienced leaders do as well.
This week, Mark and Brian discuss this incredibly important subject.

Expectations: Emerging Leaders Series

In this episode, Mark and Brian continue their series for Emerging Leaders with a discussion on how to set clear expectations effectively. Often new leaders struggle here, resulting in an overly commanding or weak style that creates teams that are uninspired, confused, and non-committed. Our tips provide a simple, action-oriented method to quickly up your expectations game!
Also, read our full blog on this topic: https://www.gapology.org/post/expectations-emerging-leaders-series

EDGE: Emerging Leaders Series

In this week’s Gapology Radio podcast, we discuss how “Emerging Leaders”, today’s young or inexperienced leaders, can leverage a set of behaviors we call “EDGE” to make their impactful mark on their team, organization, and career as a whole. 

100% Execution on KPIs that Matter

In this episode we discuss the importance of defining true Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) that really matter to your most important objectives and then building a strategy to deliver them developed from the behaviors exhibited by your top performers. 
Read the full blog on this topic here: www.gapology.org/blog

Teachable Points of View To Create Action

In this episode, we share our experiences developing and delivering short, impactful lessons that create action with teams. We call these "Teachable Points of View," and they are intended to be delivered in short, bite-sized sessions of around 15 minutes when the situation arises where teams need your teaching, coaching, or inspiration. We recommend developing your own or using some of ours from our book, "Gapology," and keeping them close at hand for when the time is right to show your leadership!
Read our full blog on this topic: https://www.gapology.org/post/teachable-points-of-view-to-create-action
 
 

Unraveled - An Interview with the Author

We are proud to share that our very own Gapologist, Mark Thienes is now a fiction author. His new novel, "Unraveled: The DNA Kill Switch," is available on Amazon, and this is the first interview where Mark shares a little history of this new venture. As we head into a little break, listen in as we discuss his new book!
Pick up your copy here: https://www.amazon.com/Unraveled-Switch-Mark-Henry-Thienes/dp/1639884556/ref=sr_1_2?crid=9CDHEWP7YGHE&keywords=unraveled&qid=1660502143&rnid=2941120011&s=books&sprefix=unraveled%2Caps%2C148&sr=1-2
 

Becoming a Leader...With Knowledge, Importance, & Action: The Individual Contributor Series, Episode 3

As individual contributors, it is often “hit or miss” when receiving individualized training and a focused effort to develop skills by your leader. So what do you do as that dedicated, hard-working individual who wants to succeed? The methods laid out in Gapology point the way. In this episode, we discuss these principles. 
Read the full blog here: https://www.gapology.org/post/becoming-a-leader-with-knowledge-importance-and-action

Becoming a Leader...with Identity: The Individual Contributor Series, Episode 2

Our focus determines our behaviors. This much is clear. What determines our focus? In this week’s podcast, we continue our series to help individual contributors by discussing leveraging your identity and the IMBAR pathway to define the plans that will set you up for success in meeting your most important goals and achieving your purpose.
*Read our full blog on this topic here: https://www.gapology.org/post/becoming-a-leader-with-identity

Becoming a Leader...with Purpose: The Individual Contributor Series, Episode 1

Mark and Brian begin their series developed for individual contributors on "Becoming a Leader" by focusing on leveraging the tactics from their book, "Speed of Purpose." In this episode, they discuss putting purpose first and wrapping all behaviors around it to set yourself up for success when the opportunity for advancement comes around. 
*Read our full blog on this topic here: https://www.gapology.org/post/becoming-a-leader-with-speed-of-purpose
 

The Downstream Impact of Leadership

As leaders, we impact others with our behaviors and actions. What we say and do can potentially change the lives and careers of our team in both positive and negative ways. In this episode, Mark Thienes shares a short narrative on this topic and his thoughts on how we can be very intentional with this impact. 

Leading in Trust

Trust in the workplace is essential to the overall organization’s success, and although most people would agree with its importance, it is often difficult to achieve. Competing priorities and careers often stand in the way of ultimately trusting fellow teammates. In this episode, we share tips for creating a trust-based culture using Gapology.
*Read our full blog for more details: https://www.gapology.org/post/leading-in-trust
 

Conflict Resolution - A Gapology Radio Takeover with Judy & Sarah Shoulak

Judy and Sarah Shoulak takeover the Gapology Radio podcast this week while Mark and Brian are on vacation and discuss the topic of Conflict Resolution! They share their thoughts on this topic through the lens of Gapology, as well as through methods they've developed as part of their "Relatively Speaking" coaching services. 
*Also, read my thoughts on this topic on our blog! https://www.gapology.org/post/conflict-mediation
 

Creating Versatility in Leadership

Versatility is incredibly important in today’s agile and remote workplaces. Listen to this week’s Gapology Radio podcast to hear some tips we share to leverage your existing skills and passions to create a career that will benefit your organization and your life! 
 
* Also read the full blog on this topic here: https://www.gapology.org/post/creating-versatility-in-leadership
 

Choosing to Be Successful Somewhere Else

Often we face the desire to pursue our "passions" or opportunities that lie in a completely different line of work. This decision doesn't come lightly, as it is often wrapped in the self-doubt created as a result of the successful and comfortable existence in which we live. With this emotional pull comes a series of challenges we must address and overcome. In this podcast, we discuss some ways to tackle these. 
Read our full blog on this topic here: https://www.gapology.org/post/choosing-to-be-successful-somewhere-else
 

The Face of Adversity + The 4 C’s - An Interview with Coach Cabrina McLain

A dream come true! We actually have the amazing Coach Cabrina McLain joining the podcast this week! Listen in as she shares some important lessons from her books, "The Face of Adversity" and "How to 4C Positive Change in Your Life." 
Also, read my blog on some of my thoughts as well... https://www.gapology.org/post/leading-with-the-4-c-s-a-conversation-with-coach-cabrina-mclain
 

Purposeful People Analytics

Analyzing your team should be more than just a numbers exercise. Looking at how they connect to your purpose and developing a set of core values and core competencies that tie to your purpose will set your team apart. Then, measuring their effectiveness for those elements gives you important information to help them improve execution in delivering your purpose. Listen to our discussion on how to do all of this!
*Read the full details on this topic on our blog: https://www.gapology.org/post/purposeful-people-analytics
 
Also check out the Gallup 12 (Not sponsored): https://www.gallup.com/workplace/356063/gallup-q12-employee-engagement-survey.aspx
 

Gapology Radio Podcast Trailer

Welcome to Gapology Radio. At Gapology, our purpose is to help leaders achieve their greatest potential and this podcast is designed to support that purpose. I’m your host, Brian Brockhoff, author and creative director here at Gapology Institute and along with the original Gapologist himself, author and CEO, Mark Thienes, we have lively discussions focused on improving your real-world leadership and the situations you face each day, through the tools and methods described in our series of Leadership development books. We also have great conversations with many special guests who specialize in executive and personal coaching. You can learn more about Gapology, including our books, our workshops, and our online training classes all linked through our website, Gapology.org. 
Subscribe and tune in each week for a new topic all designed to help you achieve your greatest potential.

Empathetic Leadership

Empathy is a strength, not a weakness. In this episode, we discuss the importance of empathy in strong, effective leadership. Even if you struggle with it, we provide some tips on how to tap into this much-needed skill. 
 
Read the full blog here: https://www.gapology.org/post/empathetic-leadership
 

Future-Focused Strategic Thinking

When making plans, setting goals, or expectations, are you strategically thinking about your organizational future? Do you leverage innovation developed internally by your top performers, or even your competitors? In this episode, Mark and Brian discuss leveraging Gapology to strategically develop processes to maximize your potential. 
Read our full blog on this topic here: https://www.gapology.org/post/future-focused-strategic-thinking
 

Leading Through Change

Change is a necessary part of life. Why do we, as human beings, struggle with it so? This is a situation that organizations routinely face and one that can cause dramatic upheavals within its ranks. In this week’s Gapology Radio Podcast episode, we discuss some strategic methods and things to consider to help lead your team through these volatile times. 
Read the full blog here: https://www.gapology.org/post/leading-through-change
 

Creating an Inclusive Workplace Culture

Have you ever felt like an outsider, even within your own organization? Many of us have felt this way at one time or another, and in this week’s podcast we begin to discuss methods to help prevent this type of culture, as leaders. Proactively creating an inclusive workplace culture is paramount to building overall engagement. See how Gapology can help! 
 
Read more here: https://www.gapology.org/post/creating-an-inclusive-workplace-culture

When MORE is LESS

In this episode we discuss how overdoing meetings, establishing too many KPI’s, and trying to focus on a plethora of seemingly equal priorities actually diminishes effectiveness, execution, and engagement. We share tips to help alleviate these things that many leaders face.
Read the full blog here: https://www.gapology.org/post/when-more-becomes-less

Wake-Up Calls with Kim Rooney

This week's podcast episode features a wonderful conversation with the amazing Kim Rooney who shares lessons from her book, "Spiritual 2x4s and Other Wake-Up Calls" and discusses how they connect to the universal truths laid out in Gapology.
Read the full blog on this topic here:https://www.gapology.org/post/wake-up-calls-a-conversation-with-kim-rooney
 

Developing Organizational Talent

Interviewing and hiring new members for your team is only one way to develop organizational talent. The other way is to identify the talent, interest and passion that already exists within your organization, and develop their skills to fit specific roles or projects which will fill the needs that you may have. In this episode, we share how you can leverage Gapology to do all of this in a strategic way that will deliver a high performing team!
Read our full blog on this topic on our website: https://www.gapology.org/post/developing-organizational-talent
 

Getting It Done Today

What if we had to do it today? What if we had to hire that person today? What if we had to sell that item today? What if we had to finish that project today?
 
What would you do? What would you do differently to achieve those things today?
 
In this podcast episode, we explore the power of asking your team, and yourself, this question to focus your efforts and gain momentum in the things that really matter.
 
Read the full blog: https://www.gapology.org/post/getting-it-done-today-with-gapology
Visit our website: https://www.gapology.org
 

Elevating Engagement

In this podcast episode we discuss how to elevate engagement by applying the Gapology methods to your leadership rhythm. 
When considering how to move a team to take action on the most important elements of your business, there isn’t a better place to start than looking deeply at their engagement levels. Engagement is a clear indicator of how connected, or committed, they are to your organizational purpose, their training experience, the expectations being set for them, and the culture of action. As we’ve discussed in almost all of our blogs and podcasts, the first thing we need to do as leaders, is look in the mirror. 
*Read the full blog with detailed info on our website: https://www.gapology.org/blog

Talent Acquisition...A Conversation with Natalie Smith

This podcast episode features HR guru and author, Natalie A. Smith who shares her insights on Talent Acquisition and the changing world of Human Resources and creating an interviewing experience in the workplace. 
Natalie Smith is the author of “The Power of Plan B: Leap Into Your Greatness” and the founder and CEO of PeopleWiseHR which is a boutique  HR consulting business operating out of the Washington DC area. Her team works with small to medium sized organizations, providing a wide range of HR support including advisory support related to HR infrastructure buildout, HRIS implementation, training and leadership development, HR policy and procedure development, HR audits and compliance, and so much more. Head to her website peoplewisehr.net for more of her team’s offerings. 
Read the full blog with her tips here: https://www.gapology.org/post/talent-acquisition-the-interviewing-experience-a-conversation-with-natalie-a-smith

Removing Underperformers...the Right Way

In this episode, Mark and Brian discuss how to leverage Gapology to prevent underperformance on a team. Our methods focus on establishing clear processes to ensure consistency in your leadership and ensure Performance Gaps are quickly identified, closed and prevented.
Also, read the full blog here: https://www.gapology.org/post/removing-underperformers-the-right-way-with-gapology
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/00vx7rFRyOkg75QTwSmlML?si=dfa407779b164a93 Apple Podcast:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/gapology-radio/id1114090406?i=1000552459732

Overcoming Obstacles

In this episode, we discuss leveraging our knowledge of Gapology to overcome the many obstacles that we, as leaders, face each day. We share tactical tips and general advice that you can begin applying right away in your leadership life!
Read the full blog here: https://www.gapology.org/post/overcoming-obstacles-with-gapology
On Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/gapology-radio/id1114090406?i=1000551764707
On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7akY94cLA1WYyTNKRnYyuR?si=58537c798eef487e
 

Managing Up

Mark and Brian discuss the common belief that leadership only flows downward from a leader to their team. In reality, all levels have the ability to lead, through influence, all other levels as well. This includes their peers, colleagues, and even their bosses. This is called, "Managing Up" and in this podcast episode we share how to do this effectively by using your skills with Gapology. 
Read the full blog here: https://www.gapology.org/post/managing-up
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Apple Podcast: https://apple.co/2DHZmol, 
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Improving Communication

Judy and Sarah Shoulak join Mark and Brian in this episode, where they discuss the challenge of communication, especially in the remote workforce world we are all living in. They share tips and techniques from Gapology to help improve your leadership effectiveness through improved communication. 
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Read the blog here:  https://www.gapology.org/post/improving-communication-with-gapology 
 

Gapology Inspirations - Yes and No

In our last Gapology Radio podcast episode of the year, we share some new thoughts on the importance of saying yes to things... and saying no. Making these conscious choices can be an exciting and scary thing for a lot of people, and it can be very difficult as well. It is in the behavior of making these decisions with intentional clarity of purpose, identity and mindset that we take back our power and look at what is filling our cup, or draining it. 
Look for new episodes of Gapology Radio with Mark, Brian, Judy and Sarah in the coming new year. In the meantime, we invite you to revisit our episodes from this year. Giving them a re-listen will surely give you new or additional insights.
 

Gapology Inspirations - Care

In this short podcast episode, we share inspirational thoughts about caring for your team, while balancing strong leadership with supportive guidance through a rhythm of daily communication around the things that really matter. 
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Gapology Inspirations - Borrowing Power

In this short podcast episode we share an inspirational message from our book, "Gapology Inspirations" on establishing our own power, our own winning strength that will motivate and lead our teams. To see our full podcast on this topic, see our content lineup. 
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Gapology Inspirations - Because It‘s There

In this short inspirational podcast episode, we share thoughts on how winning leaders overcome obstacles using Gapology. Starting with a strong purpose with an emotional and mental commitment to succeed is how they start, and then they leverage our Root Solutions to create a strategic approach to preventing or overcoming the obstacles we all face in order to create the momentum needed to win. This episode discusses these methods and shows that in order to reach our goals, we need a clear process. 
 
You can read more blogs like this one in our book "Gapology Inspirations", and via Wordpress or through our website, www.gapology.org/blog. https://wordpress.com/view/gapologyinstitute.wordpress.com
 

Gapology Inspirations - The Everything Else Bucket

In this short inspirational episode, we share a strategy to make sense of and organize all of the things that we do in our life. Often times the levels of stress due to focusing on the wrong things, or taking on too many things, becomes overwhelming. We need a process to bucket the demands others put on us...and the ones we put on ourselves. This episode provides a simple method of bucketing these demands, so that we can focus on the ones that really matter and can make a difference in our lives. 
You can read more blogs like this one via Wordpress or through our website www.gapology.org/blog 
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Gapology Inspirations - Be a Student First

In this short inspirational episode we discuss the importance of becoming a student before becoming a teacher. In essence, learning about your team gives you the ability to more effectively train, teach and lead them. This episode is from our book, "Gapology Inspirations" which is available on Amazon.com and Kindle. Link below...
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https://www.gapology.org
 
 

Introducing Judy + Sarah Shoulak

In this episode, Mark and Brian introduce Judy and Sarah Shoulak as the newest members of the Gapology Team. Listen in and hear how Mark and Judy first met and the impact Gapology made on Judy and the team she led in her previous role as President of a major restaurant chain.
Send in questions to the Gapology Team by emailing contact@gapology.org.
Visit www.gapology.org for more information on any of our books or services.
To see a recorded livestream interview with everyone on the Relatively Speaking show, visit https://fb.watch/8cbfuKIzKq/
 

Building Relationships in a Zoom World

In this episode Mark and Brian discuss a big challenge in today's Zoom World... How to build relationships. It is becoming increasingly difficult to build and maintain relationships with a remote workforce and remote clientele, but we've spoken to some top performers to learn their tips to make the most of the relationships and build real connection. 
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Also, if you missed our livestream interview on the Relatively Speaking Show here is a link: https://fb.watch/7T8yUTCKP1/