Circle Up & Get REAL Podcast

S6E302 Episode 302 - Getting REAL About Rethinking Hard & Soft Skills at Work with Jodee

I'm thinking today about an autographed book that's been on my shelf for years: "The Soft Edge: Where Great Companies Find Lasting Success" by North Dakota's own Rich Karlgaard, Forbes publisher,…

S6E301 Episode 301 - Getting REAL About Personal Accountability with Jodee

One of my favorite coaching questions is this one: "What is missing the presence of which would make a positive difference?" Today I ask myself this question. Given all I'm observing - about myself…

S6E300 Episode 300 - Getting REAL About Reflecting with Jodee

It's Episode 300! Today I reflect on some of the great interviews I've had over the six seasons of this podcast.

S6E299 Episode 299 - Getting REAL About The Fourth Turning with Jodee

What can history tell us about the seasons of our live? A lot, according to Neil Howe, author of The Fourth Turning is Here: What the Seasons of History Tell Us About How and When This Crisis Will…

S6E298 Episode 298 - Getting REAL About Locker Room Talk with Jodee

The way you perceive the world has everything to do with your perspective. Today I'm exploring sports—something I've lived and loved most of my life—and how microcosms can become macrocosms when we…

S6E297 Episode 297 - Getting REAL About Holding Space for Wisdom to Emerge with Jodee

I've been noticing something for the past few years. As a speaker and author, I used to work really hard to make sure the message was "right." But lately I've been experimenting with what happens…

S6E296 Episode 296 - Getting REAL About Conclusions & Discernment with Jodee

I've been watching the conversation about the Super Bowl halftime show unfold online and what struck me isn't the show(s) themselves but how quickly narratives and opinions formed. Some people are…

S6E295 Episode 295 - Getting REAL About Leading Yourself First with Jake Luehrs

S6E294 Episode 294 - Getting REAL About Keeping Your Spark with Jodee

We humans have a lot to process these days. The two topics we are never supposed to talk about in public are religion and politics, and both seem to be taking up a lot of space in heads and hearts…

S6E293 Episode 293 - Getting REAL About Both/And with Jodee

I've been sitting with something this week and I want to name it out loud, and see if there is dialogue to be created around it. When people go all-in on any single viewpoint - political or otherwise…

S6E292 Episode 292 - Getting REAL About Peace in the Chaos with Jodee

What happens to us humans when we feel like we are the only ones thinking or feeling something? If we don't have a place to process what we are seeing, it's easy to second guess our own perception.…

S6E291 Episode 291 - Getting REAL About A.I. and Culture with Jodee

In this episode of Circle Up & Get REAL, I'm exploring some thoughts about leadership (no surprise) and what pressure might do to the humans who are in those leadership roles. What role might AI…

S6E290 Episode 290 - Getting REAL About Owning Your Magnificence with Sue Paulson

In today's episode, I chat with my friend Sue Paulson, a 2-time cancer survivor and a survivor of a near-death experience, all of which have awakened her to her own magnificence, which she now…

S6E289 Episode 289 - Getting REAL About Leadership with Jodee

In today's episode I share some ideas from books I'm reading right now, and I apply what I'm learning about leadership to current day affairs. Against advice from many, I talk today about politics,…

S6E288 Episode 288 - Getting REAL About Responsible Freedom with Jodee

Today I'm exploring a thought I first heard about from Steve Jobs: You can only connect the dots of your life looking backward. What have each of us learned about our lives from that perspective? And…

S6E287 Getting REAL With Phil Gerbyshak

In today's episode you get to sit in on a conversation between two old friends who haven't connected in a while. Phil Gerbyshak is a blogger and author, and one of the people most influential in my…

S6E286 Episode 286 - Getting REAL About Manifesting with Joey Pachak

S6E285 Episode 285 - Getting REAL About Problems or Possibilities with Jodee

In today's stream-of-consciousness episode I talk about how what we notice becomes our way of seeing the world. Do we see problems first or possibilities first? When we get clear about noticing what…

S6E284 Episode 284 - Getting REAL About How Things Occur with Jodee

When we meditate or even when we are quiet - by ourselves in nature or even, potentially, at a public location but still by ourselves - it occurs to me that thoughts and feelings occur to all of us.…

S6E283 Episode 283 - Getting REAL About Unity, Democracy, and Republics with Jodee

In today's episode I share some of my recent Wonders and Ponders regarding what it really means to be United, and how we came up with that name for our country. I also explore the original meanings…