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We can only ever be successful as our teams. That is why it is important to know how to take care of them. Are your behaviors as a leader conducive for your team to grow and love the work they do? In this episode, Patrick Veroneau goes even deeper into the C.A.B.L.E.S. model by sharing the twelve questions you need to be asking yourself to build the best teams and relationships. Learn and familiarize yourself with these questions in order to keep improving and developing yourself and your team. Pinpoint the behavior that you need to be addressing and start becoming the best leader you could be.

A company is only as strong as the team behind it. So how can you create the best team that will propel you to success? In this episode, Patrick Veroneau shares the three necessary ingredients that successful and effective teams share: support, challenge, and celebrate. He goes in-depth into all of these and reveals some crucial aspects that will help foster a great team environment and ultimately create a strong team that can navigate whatever comes their way.

The secret to building resilience is already within you; you just need to know how to activate it! In this conversation between Patrick Veroneau and Dr. Sherry Hamby, you will learn that developing the resilience to weather adversity doesn’t cost much if you are just willing to commit and do a few simple things consistently. A research professor of Psychology at the University of the South, Director of Life Paths Research Center, and the Founder of ResilienceCon, Dr. Sherry built her stellar academic career around her interest in developing strengths-based approaches to coping with adversity. In this episode, she talks about the three domains of the resilience portfolio and the simple things you can do to stimulate them. This conversation is packed with interesting and useful information grounded on solid research backing. You wouldn’t want to miss it.

In this time of pandemic, we don’t just need to cope; we need to build resilience. From a health perspective, this resilience starts at the cellular level. Built within each cell is a tremendous capacity to weather environmental stressors such as pathogens and toxins, but it can only do so much on its own. What do we need to do to unleash our cells’ full protective potential and become proactive about our health? Joining Patrick Veroneau for a chat, pathologist and wellness advocate Dr. Sveta Silverman helps us get to the root of unhealth by taking a deep dive into the basics of cellular health. These are stressful times, and that stress can cause your immune system to go haywire. Tap into this conversation for some incredibly easy tips that, when done consistently, can help you take control of your own health journey during these challenging times.

There is a reason why the adage “one bad apple spoils the bunch” has lived so well. In the workplace, even one person with poor behavior can disrupt an entire team, which then stretches out to the organization. If this situation sounds familiar to you, then maybe it’s time to create interventions before it becomes too tough to manage. Patrick Veroneau brings a study that looks at the effectiveness of gratitude interventions on reducing workplace mistreatment. He goes deep into the power gratitude holds to turn an entire organization around. Follow along to this episode to learn more.

Join Patrick Veroneau in this episode as he tackles some of the most controversial issues in organizations directed towards diversity, equity, and inclusion. He explains and defines each one individually and talks about how they intertwine and overlap with each other. Addressing each one, Patrick talks about the C.A.B.L.E.S. model, a model he personally uses, to explain the different behaviors that an individual or organization can implement. Learn all about the importance of creating an environment of belongingness and the power of setting clear expectations when promoting justice, impartiality, and fairness through your procedures and processes.

Due to the 2019 pandemic, the entire world had to face a new reality and a new normal. This also meant that leaders need to find a way to align this new reality in relation to their followers. In this episode, Patrick Veroneau talks about how leaders need to align their behaviors and expectations with the new realities that everyone is facing. This is especially in relation to the new trend of working from home. How do we deal with this? As leaders, how do we become empathetic to the needs of our followers while driving productivity all the same? Find out more in this episode.

In our world today, emotional intelligence has become more and more important in how we perceive, understand, and manage our emotions. Joining Patrick Veroneau on today’s show is Dr. Ben Palmer, the Chief Executive Officer of Genos International, a business that specializes in the assessment and development of emotional intelligence, employee engagement, and motivation. Dr. Palmer talks about the impact of EI, particularly in the workplace, and the powerful leadership approaches they have identified and developed, which are vital for leading in today’s challenging times.

We are always told to learn to adapt to change, but what if the kind of change that happens is too overwhelming. How can we keep ourselves from being paralyzed and move together with it? In this episode, Patrick Veroneau invites someone who is perfectly qualified to give you the answer. He sits down with Mitch Russo, a successful entrepreneur who went from starting his first company in 1985, sold it, worked with Tony Robbins and Chet Holmes, became the CEO for Business Breakthroughs International, and now, the CEO of Mindful Guidance LLC. Throughout his extensive experience of starting and growing businesses again and again, Mitch has the expert knowledge to help us navigate these uncertain remote times and find the opportunities that come with it. He shares with us some important steps that will allow us to rediscover the assets we have in this quarantine period to see things through better than we came into it.

Unconscious biases lead to problems if left unchecked. In this episode, Patrick Veroneau focuses on understanding people’s biases and behaviors and leverages this knowledge to create a better world. When you understand these biases, you become a better communicator. Patrick digs deeper into the division that is created by people’s behaviors, the Pygmalion Effect, and the importance of creating inclusion. Tune in and learn the better way to be better.

In this episode, Patrick Veroneau tackles the things that people are facing during the Coronavirus pandemic – the pandemic itself, the racial and social unrest, the financial crisis that most people are going through, and the countless growth opportunities that come along with it. He dives into the roles and responsibilities that each person has in order to get out of the situation. He also provides a new vantage point on how you can look at the pandemic and use it to reconnect with yourself and rethink your future and your goals.

Brigadier General (Ret.) Becky Halstead Speaks About The Importance Of Being STEADFAST In Leadership: Being a leader has its perks, but when faced with a situation that puts your leadership to the test, you better be steadfast. Brigadier General (Ret.) Becky Halstead joins this episode to share her story about how she got into the military and her ideas about equality. She talks about why you should make your choices based on your strengths and why you should never apologize for being excellent. Learn how she views opportunities whenever it arises and understands what the three-second rule is and its effects on how you communicate and connect with others. Know the importance of discipline as she explains the role it plays in decision making, and why you need to be more selfless the higher you are on the ladder.

A lot of people think that big organizations thought up a unique idea that’s why they’re successful, but in reality, what they have are amazing systems that guarantee their success. Scotty Schindler, the founder of System 1357™, had proven this when what he thought was normal was seen as an out-of-the-box solution. In this episode, Scotty talks about what a system truly is when it comes to running your business and explains why you badly need it if you don’t have one in place yet. He also touches on self-leadership and why you have to look at yourself first before you can lead others effectively. Listen in and learn what he has to say about the different self-leadership principles and self-leadership diseases you might encounter along the way.

Words have weight in regards to what is said and when it’s said. In this episode, Patrick Veroneau is joined by Dr. Andy Young of the Lubbock Texas Police Department as they talk about Dr. Andy’s second book, When Every Word Counts. They discuss the challenges police officers face and the tools and skills necessary to address these issues. Learn the importance of listening as Dr. Andy gives an overview of the training he provides for the officers within his department. Get a deeper look into the area of crisis negotiation and the value of every word when handling a crisis.