Culture-Hacking with Daniella Mestyanek Young

Episode 26_ “What I See is Not Always What’s Real” We talk about the following:Middle-class upbringing with a step-father with anger issues—developed the notion of the importance of figuring out where you want to go in life. “You don’t come back from combat the same, regardless of what kind of experience you have, it opens your mind to other things. It taught me that what I see is not always what’s real.” James’ real-estate company is formed around helping veterans and active-duty in the JBLM area (south of Seattle) get in and out of the real estate market with ease, and profit. Appearance is only one aspect of who we are, but how can we start looking past appearances? What responsibility to we have when we choose to ‘look’ a certain way? People can manipulate things they say, but now how they act in the moment—that’s the best way to determine a person’s character. It’s so simple to rush to judgement—but it’s almost never true Once we are aware that our ‘look’ might induce trauma responses in other people, what do we do about that? –If at a snapshot you are a trigger to someone, well, how do you calm down a trigger? Have a conversation! Every time! Once you’ve closed yourself off to taking in new information, the conversation is over. “I always ask myself, am I making any assumptions that could stop this conversation from going forward?”  James’ #1 Culture-Hack:  Trust, but verify. What you see is not always real!About Our Guest: James’ Social MediaLinks: - OperationRedDot.com- https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesmarszalek/- https://www.facebook.com/Mad.Hatter87https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesmarszalek/About Our Host: Daniella Mestyanek (Mest-aa-neck) Young is an author, TEDx speaker and Organizational Culture-Hacker with fascinating life story and important insights into culture, socialization and group behavior. Daniella is the President of DMY Enterprises and the co-founder of cavnessHR. Daniella was born and raised a third-generation member of the infamous religious cult the Children of God, known for promoting religious prostitution, pedophilia for God, and the end of the world. At 15, she escaped that life, moving to America and eventually becoming a US ARMY Captain. During her journey, she was college valedictorian, served as part of the first group of women to conduct deliberate ground combat operations with all-male troops, deployed twice to Afghanistan where she also competed in, and won, a marathon, received the Presidential Volunteer Service Medal from President Obama personally, married an Army helicopter pilot, is raising a trilingual little girl in Seattle, WA and is hard at work on her forthcoming memoir, Uncultured. Daniella’s Social Media: https://daniellamestyanekyoung.com/daniella.m.young@gmail.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/daniellamyoungInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/daniellamyoung_/Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniella-young/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/daniellamestyanekyoungSign up to join the waitlist for my memoir, UNCULTURED at https://daniellamestyanekyoung.com/ About Our SponsorcavnessHR understands that time feels like the most limited resource in business. Small business leaders spend 25% of their time on HR and compliance matters, instead of directly increasing the bottom line with business growth. With cavnessHR, for a small monthly fee you can forego hiring an in-house HR team, and stop worrying about potential HR and compliance issues. With cavnessHR you have 24/7 access to real, live experts to handle everything from onboarding employees in a one-stop shop portal, advising you on HR laws, and even leadership and workplace culture seminars and workshops. In a constantly shifting corporate culture landscape, keep laser focus on your business with those cavnessHR Hours Recovered, while we take care of your HR.https://www.cavnessHR.com jason.cavness@cavnessHR.com@cavnessHR across social media  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Episode 25 “Inclusion IS the multiplier”We talk about the following:Intersectionalities of persona that are created by a different-than-usual-lifeHow Bobby as a black man is trying to focus on how he can work towards racial justice in the work placeHow being forgiven for mistakes when you are young is crucial to young people being able to bounce back and create a better lifeHow to work towards giving everyone the same chance—teach children that they can do anything, bosses that forgive mistakes, teaching everyone to take more chances, hold our mid-level managers accountable for developing their people’s future careers and where they will go. We have to think critically about what gaps we have in our teams, but I think that if a company hasn’t realized that, and only focus on how people look different from each other, they are missing the boat.We should be honest with ourselves and what kinds of people are likely to disagree with us, and then figure out how we will use those disagreements as a multiplier.Leaders, make it comfortable for people to disagree with you.“We have to structure our teams so that inclusion IS the multiplier, inclusion becomes the way we scale.”“The soundbite culture that we have nationally means that we don’t really have robust conversations.”Daniella asks: How can we white people make the world as safe and wonderful for your 5 black sons as it would be for my son (if I had one).Bobby says: When you see our kids, be nice to them. The world is a stage, but it’s also a classroom, so use that. Get to know us, get to know our kids. Be excited for them, the way that you would be for your kids. Don’t be surprised that my son wants to be an astronaut.“Make it safe for my sons to wear a hoody, when they are cold, just like you can.”“It takes a village to raise a child, so let’s be that village.”“Don’t be afraid of our children.”About Our Guest: Bobby Humes currently serves as the Director of the Seattle Department of Human Resources. In this role, Bobby and his team support over 10,000 employees across 36 City departments in the greater Seattle area. Prior to this role, Bobby served as Director of the Human Resource Division for Seattle Parks and Recreation, Director of Human Resources for the Kent School District, and Director of Talent Acquisition for the Washington State Department of Revenue.Bobby is passionate about people and providing high quality HR supports to public sector employees and managers. Bobby is an HR strategist and organizational change leader with extensive training and experience in HR project management, employee and labor relations, full life-cycle talent management, employee training, and leadership development and coaching.Bobby values inclusion and equity and believes that it is the work of all people to remove institutional and structural racism from the workplace. He believes that when we focus on removing racial injustice, the workplace becomes better for all people and organizations truly live out their missions and values. He is always seeking opportunities to learn, grow and share in this work.Bobby is originally from Long Beach, California. Bobby is a member of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Incorporated, he holds a Master of Science degree in Human Resources from Brandman University and is a US Army Combat Veteran. He is married to his best friend, Merissa, and is the proud father of five boys.Bobby’s Social MediaLinked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/oginga-carr-61686612/About Our Host: Daniella Mestyanek (Mest-aa-neck) Young is an author, TEDx speaker and Organizational Culture-Hacker with fascinating life story and important insights into culture, socialization and group behavior. Daniella is the President of DMY Enterprises and the co-founder of cavnessHR.Daniella was born and raised a third-generation member of the infamous religious cult the Children of God, known for promoting religious prostitution, pedophilia for God, and the end of the world. At 15, she escaped that life, moving to America and eventually becoming a US ARMY Captain.During her journey, she was college valedictorian, served as part of the first group of women to conduct deliberate ground combat operations with all-male troops, deployed twice to Afghanistan where she also competed in, and won, a marathon, received the Presidential Volunteer Service Medal from President Obama personally, married an Army helicopter pilot, is raising a trilingual little girl in Seattle, WA and is hard at work on her forthcoming memoir, Uncultured.Daniella’s Social Media:https://daniellamestyanekyoung.com/daniella.m.young@gmail.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/daniellamyoungInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/daniellamyoung_/Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniella-young/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/daniellamestyanekyoungSign up to join the waitlist for my memoir, UNCULTURED at https://daniellamestyanekyoung.com/ About Our SponsorcavnessHR understands that time feels like the most limited resource in business. Small business leaders spend 25% of their time on HR and compliance matters, instead of directly increasing the bottom line with business growth. With cavnessHR, for a small monthly fee you can forego hiring an in-house HR team, and stop worrying about potential HR and compliance issues. With cavnessHR you have 24/7 access to real, live experts to handle everything from onboarding employees in a one-stop shop portal, advising you on HR laws, and even leadership and workplace culture seminars and workshops. In a constantly shifting corporate culture landscape, keep laser focus on your business with those cavnessHR Hours Recovered, while we take care of your HR.https://www.cavnessHR.com jason.cavness@cavnessHR.com@cavnessHR across social media  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Episode 22_ “Cult Cultures: Do They Work?” We talk about the following:Working with at risk youth—gangs as ‘culture and belonging’ Listening/Reading books—an education of thinking and growing and learning to question things Books can be a powerful bonding tool, and ‘required reading’ can provide a shared rhetoric for common discussion and culture-creation Famous Cult Cultures: The Marine Corp, Gangs, Zappos, The Children of God, etc. Why they 'work', when they don't, and how to plan for the tipping point. Cult cultures work because they appeal to the basic needs of humans for connection, shared purpose, and community. Whether we set up the proper checkpoints and constant room for growth and learning can determine whether it goes right or wrong. Dave’s #1 Culture-Hack: Books! Books are a blueprint for where a company can go—what companies do you want to model? Carry a good book around everywhere you go, it can be an amazing tool for conversation and discussion. About Our Guest: Dave Burlin is a Marine Corps Veteran, and he believes that influence is the core foundation for growth. His passion is to help people maximize their influence potential so that they can create and lead innovative organizations that make a positive impact on our world. He has worked closely with organizations like Zappos and Simon Sinek Inc., and is inspired by teams that are leading examples of the power of company culture. Dave encourages serial entrepreneurs to maximize their full potential of influence by helping them communicate their vision, and invest in their greatest resource; their people. Creating a culture built on trust and communication allows a team to work and communicate at the highest level, so they can serve more people, and in turn sell more stuff. With growth comes more opportunity for leaders to emerge, and the cycle of leadership and influence continues. Dave has had the honor and privilege to be a TEDx Speaker in 2014, and he has been sharing the concept of #WHYNETWORKING for the last 2 years. He currently serves as a City Leader for Bunker Labs in Las Vegas, NV. Bunker Labs, is a non-profit organization with a focus to help equip, inspire, and connect Veterans and their spouses with resources to start and grow businesses.Dave’s Social MediaLinked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daveburlin/Discharge to Incharge: https://youtu.be/oLfozhW-JQ0 Zappos cover letter: https://youtu.be/MS_dZikEW4M #whynetworking https://youtu.be/6_hXo6BweFU TEDx Tulsa https://youtu.be/0fdTEDcW7Xk Disrupt HR - The Swayze Effect https://disrupthr.co/vimeo-video/the-swayze-effect-when-violence-is-the-answer-dave-burlin-disrupthr-talks/About Our Host: Daniella Mestyanek (Mest-aa-neck) Young is an author, TEDx speaker and Organizational Culture-Hacker with fascinating life story and important insights into culture, socialization and group behavior. Daniella is the President of DMY Enterprises and the co-founder of cavnessHR. Daniella was born and raised a third-generation member of the infamous religious cult the Children of God, known for promoting religious prostitution, pedophilia for God, and the end of the world. At 15, she escaped that life, moving to America and eventually becoming a US ARMY Captain. During her journey, she was college valedictorian, served as part of the first group of women to conduct deliberate ground combat operations with all-male troops, deployed twice to Afghanistan where she also competed in, and won, a marathon, received the Presidential Volunteer Service Medal from President Obama personally, married an Army helicopter pilot, is raising a trilingual little girl in Seattle, WA and is hard at work on her forthcoming memoir, Uncultured. Daniella’s Social Media: https://daniellamestyanekyoung.com/daniella.m.young@gmail.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/daniellamyoungInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/daniellamyoung_/Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniella-young/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/daniellamestyanekyoungSign up to join the waitlist for my memoir, UNCULTURED at https://daniellamestyanekyoung.com/ About Our SponsorcavnessHR understands that time feels like the most limited resource in business. Small business leaders spend 25% of their time on HR and compliance matters, instead of directly increasing the bottom line with business growth. With cavnessHR, for a small monthly fee you can forego hiring an in-house HR team, and stop worrying about potential HR and compliance issues. With cavnessHR you have 24/7 access to real, live experts to handle everything from onboarding employees in a one-stop shop portal, advising you on HR laws, and even leadership and workplace culture seminars and workshops. In a constantly shifting corporate culture landscape, keep laser focus on your business with those cavnessHR Hours Recovered, while we take care of your HR.https://www.cavnessHR.com jason.cavness@cavnessHR.com@cavnessHR across social media  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Episode 23 “Relationship Resonance” We talk about the following:As a pharmacist, Doug realized that almost 14% of the new prescriptions for stress come from job strain, and he wanted to do something about that. Doug and Maryanne realized that focusing on relationships was a winning formula, and both have fought in their lives to build the tools to do that. The Hackings built a company to focus on relationships within the workplace that can make the workplace less stressful. Must focus on relationships if you want to escape the socialization and programming that you grew up with. Learning to question everything is a muscle that you have to build, before you can begin building your own way of thinking and making decisions. Not everything is ‘good’ or ‘bad’, it just is. Feelings are not negative or positive—we must allow ourselves to feel feelings. Sadness, and other negative feelings, need to be acknowledged, but not necessarily fixed. We shouldn’t be thinking of running around with a label gun labeling things ‘bad’ so that we can fix them. The hidden conceit behind the idea of ‘doing everything yourself’In order to get trust in a relationship, you have to be seen as competent and warm. Many people spend time flexing their competence, but not developing their warmth. System includes identifying things that are connection-killers and learning how we get rid of them. Processes and Systems. The Hacking’s #1 Culture-Hack: All about leading with your heart, the heart is the multiplier. Without the heart, you can’t get to trust and admiration. Lead with the Heart! About Our Guest: Doug and Maryanne are married and run a company that does ‘Relationship Resonance’ Hacking’s Social MediaLinked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/doug-hacking-pharmd-mba-a23918102/https://relationshipresonance.com/About Our Host: Daniella Mestyanek (Mest-aa-neck) Young is an author, TEDx speaker and Organizational Culture-Hacker with fascinating life story and important insights into culture, socialization and group behavior. Daniella is the President of DMY Enterprises and the co-founder of cavnessHR. Daniella was born and raised a third-generation member of the infamous religious cult the Children of God, known for promoting religious prostitution, pedophilia for God, and the end of the world. At 15, she escaped that life, moving to America and eventually becoming a US ARMY Captain. During her journey, she was college valedictorian, served as part of the first group of women to conduct deliberate ground combat operations with all-male troops, deployed twice to Afghanistan where she also competed in, and won, a marathon, received the Presidential Volunteer Service Medal from President Obama personally, married an Army helicopter pilot, is raising a trilingual little girl in Seattle, WA and is hard at work on her forthcoming memoir, Uncultured. Daniella’s Social Media: https://daniellamestyanekyoung.com/daniella.m.young@gmail.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/daniellamyoungInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/daniellamyoung_/Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniella-young/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/daniellamestyanekyoungSign up to join the waitlist for my memoir, UNCULTURED at https://daniellamestyanekyoung.com/ About Our SponsorcavnessHR understands that time feels like the most limited resource in business. Small business leaders spend 25% of their time on HR and compliance matters, instead of directly increasing the bottom line with business growth. With cavnessHR, for a small monthly fee you can forego hiring an in-house HR team, and stop worrying about potential HR and compliance issues. With cavnessHR you have 24/7 access to real, live experts to handle everything from onboarding employees in a one-stop shop portal, advising you on HR laws, and even leadership and workplace culture seminars and workshops. In a constantly shifting corporate culture landscape, keep laser focus on your business with those cavnessHR Hours Recovered, while we take care of your HR.https://www.cavnessHR.com jason.cavness@cavnessHR.com@cavnessHR across social media  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Episode 22_ “The Dynamic of Change” We talk about the following:Losing a sports career and spiraling into depression, obesity & diabeties Clarity—we need to be clear about what we want in life Content—something you can do, learn or elevate Consistency—how are you pursuing it every day? Motivation—a team has to have a shared purpose The importance of setting individual and team motivation and purposes that are planned far in advance for major goals Great Quotes—“Business problems are just a manifestation of personal problems.” “What is your ‘ness’, your Daniella-ness, your Oginga-ness? What are the three words that describe you?” Listener Gift—“How to Create Your Limitless Goals” Oginga’s #1 Culture-Hack: 4/20; First thing in the morning: drink 20 ounces of water, 20 minutes of body activation, 20 minutes of reading from a real book, 20 minutes of visualization of how I’d like my day to go. About Our Guest: Oginga is an author, international workshop leader, organizational structure expert and HR consultant. He brings 20 years of experience in Sales, Management, and Human Resources. His passion is in the dynamic of change; dealing with it, working through it, and preparing for it. Oginga focuses on productivity through structure and human capital development. He is the author of the book, Your Limitless Life. Oginga’s Social MediaLinked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/oginga-carr-61686612/ http://www.ogingacarr.comOginga Carr 501.318.8138About Our Host: Daniella Mestyanek (Mest-aa-neck) Young is an author, TEDx speaker and Organizational Culture-Hacker with fascinating life story and important insights into culture, socialization and group behavior. Daniella is the President of DMY Enterprises and the co-founder of cavnessHR. Daniella was born and raised a third-generation member of the infamous religious cult the Children of God, known for promoting religious prostitution, pedophilia for God, and the end of the world. At 15, she escaped that life, moving to America and eventually becoming a US ARMY Captain. During her journey, she was college valedictorian, served as part of the first group of women to conduct deliberate ground combat operations with all-male troops, deployed twice to Afghanistan where she also competed in, and won, a marathon, received the Presidential Volunteer Service Medal from President Obama personally, married an Army helicopter pilot, is raising a trilingual little girl in Seattle, WA and is hard at work on her forthcoming memoir, Uncultured. Daniella’s Social Media: https://daniellamestyanekyoung.com/daniella.m.young@gmail.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/daniellamyoungInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/daniellamyoung_/Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniella-young/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/daniellamestyanekyoungSign up to join the waitlist for my memoir, UNCULTURED at https://daniellamestyanekyoung.com/ About Our SponsorcavnessHR understands that time feels like the most limited resource in business. Small business leaders spend 25% of their time on HR and compliance matters, instead of directly increasing the bottom line with business growth. With cavnessHR, for a small monthly fee you can forego hiring an in-house HR team, and stop worrying about potential HR and compliance issues. With cavnessHR you have 24/7 access to real, live experts to handle everything from onboarding employees in a one-stop shop portal, advising you on HR laws, and even leadership and workplace culture seminars and workshops. In a constantly shifting corporate culture landscape, keep laser focus on your business with those cavnessHR Hours Recovered, while we take care of your HR.https://www.cavnessHR.com jason.cavness@cavnessHR.com@cavnessHR across social media  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Episode 21_ "What Now? Establishing Clarity and Purpose in a Time of Crisis"We talk about the following:Leadership Training—Quitters, Campers, ClimbersThe Man-Machine interface Voice of the customer—responding to a crisis from the needs of the customer Infinite game= infinite horizons Kind environment—rules, boundaries, immediate feedback, finite, ie. Chess Wicked environments—infinite, no rules of the game “Life is wicked and exists in an infinite environment” “Transition is the fifth season that we don’t have the language for.”“Bruitiful—the brutality that comes before beauty”“Ego is identity’s bodyguard” “If you avoid change it hurts your soul”Ben’s #1 Culture-Hack: 1. Recognize (what’s Important) 2. Recover 3. Reinvent About Our Guest: Ben Morley is an Air Force veteran, serving as a pilot for over 27 years producing awardwinning leadership in both the domestic and international realms. Originally from Friday Harbor on San Juan Island, WA he became the first student in his county to attend a military service academy where he graduated from the Air Force Academy. He has logged over 4,000 hours of flying to include combat time in the C-17, C-141, T-38 and T-37 aircraft. Flying everything from premature babies to classified cargo, he has flown missions to all seven continents. Achievements include serving as Mission Commander airlifting French troops and cargo to Mali for counter-terrorism efforts at the request of the President of France, a member of a sixperson initial cadre standing up a classified airlift program, key support for a hostage rescue in Colombia, creating and executing a humanitarian mission to the South Pacific, becoming the first US military aircraft mission to this region since World War II, and leading a team that helped broker the sale of aircraft to Australia. Ben is also a certified Six Sigma Black Belt and a Lean Practitioner, becoming the first pilot on his Air Force base to achieve this certification. Achievements in this discipline include saving a client over $60,000 in one hour, reducing a building project cost by $1.8M, and streamlining project lead times from days to minutes. His applications in process improvement for the Air Force continue to be used today. He now teaches businesses how to establish clarity and purpose in a time of crisis. Ben has a B.S. in Human Factors Engineering from the U.S. Air Force Academy.Ben’s Social MediaLinked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-morley-b768b46a/Email: benmorley36@gmail.com About Our Host: Daniella Mestyanek (Mest-aa-neck) Young is an author, TEDx speaker and Organizational Culture-Hacker with fascinating life story and important insights into culture, socialization and group behavior. Daniella is the President of DMY Enterprises and the co-founder of cavnessHR. Daniella was born and raised a third-generation member of the infamous religious cult the Children of God, known for promoting religious prostitution, pedophilia for God, and the end of the world. At 15, she escaped that life, moving to America and eventually becoming a US ARMY Captain. During her journey, she was college valedictorian, served as part of the first group of women to conduct deliberate ground combat operations with all-male troops, deployed twice to Afghanistan where she also competed in, and won, a marathon, received the Presidential Volunteer Service Medal from President Obama personally, married an Army helicopter pilot, is raising a trilingual little girl in Seattle, WA and is hard at work on her forthcoming memoir, Uncultured. Daniella’s Social Media: https://daniellamestyanekyoung.com/daniella.m.young@gmail.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/daniellamyoungInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/daniellamyoung_/Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniella-young/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/daniellamestyanekyoungSign up to join the waitlist for my memoir, UNCULTURED at https://daniellamestyanekyoung.com/ About Our SponsorcavnessHR understands that time feels like the most limited resource in business. Small business leaders spend 25% of their time on HR and compliance matters, instead of directly increasing the bottom line with business growth. With cavnessHR, for a small monthly fee you can forego hiring an in-house HR team, and stop worrying about potential HR and compliance issues. With cavnessHR you have 24/7 access to real, live experts to handle everything from onboarding employees in a one-stop shop portal, advising you on HR laws, and even leadership and workplace culture seminars and workshops. In a constantly shifting corporate culture landscape, keep laser focus on your business with those cavnessHR Hours Recovered, while we take care of your HR.https://www.cavnessHR.com jason.cavness@cavnessHR.com@cavnessHR across social media  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Episode 20_ “The Mad Hatter Principle”We talk about the following:Unspoken Conversations—the fastest way to torpedo the success of teamsThe Mad Hatter Principle—everyone has things going on under the surfaceRemembering that when there’s a communication breakdown—it’s not about you. Dig deeper.Culture-Types: Chaos-tolerant vs. Order-tolerant peopleMeg’s Leadership book: iX LeadershipMeg’s #1 Culture-Hack: Leaders, say the words, “tell me more”, to get others to really share with you.About Our Guest: Meg has years of experience in leading through transition. From major changes in highly-regulated industries to managing through $100M acquisition, Meg has refined skills in understanding people through change. Her studies in organizational psychology and mastery in leadership concepts ensure that your people are taken care of. Period. Meg has a passion for helping others realize their full potential - breaking down social and personal barriers - changing their story. Her innate ability to recognize opportunity in weakness and present a strategic solution is unprecedented in today's business world. Meg is a ranch kid from western South Dakota, where she still puts in a hard day's work on the family place. Ranch life gave her sticktoittiveness, passion for family and outdoors, and maybe a touch of stubbornness. Meg is an avid runner, an advocate of the well-rounded education of youth, and a major supporter of finding humor in all things. Partnering with Dr. Rachel MK Headley at the Rose Group Int'l, they developed the critical, new (and practical) iX leadership framework which allows you to actually solve problems in your team, address generational issues, guide people through big changes, and accomplish your most ambitious goals.Meg’s Social Media iX Leadership BookCulture Type AssessmentiX Leadership Facebook CommunityRose Group Int'l YouTube ChannelMeg's article in Forbes on Toxic TeamsMeg's Disrupt HR Brookings presentationTwitter: https://twitter.com/meg_mankeLinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/megmanke/About Our Host: Daniella Mestyanek (Mest-aa-neck) Young is an author, TEDx speaker and Organizational Culture-Hacker with fascinating life story and important insights into culture, socialization and group behavior. Daniella is the President of DMY Enterprises and the co-founder of cavnessHR.Daniella was born and raised a third-generation member of the infamous religious cult the Children of God, known for promoting religious prostitution, pedophilia for God, and the end of the world. At 15, she escaped that life, moving to America and eventually becoming a US ARMY Captain.During her journey, she was college valedictorian, served as part of the first group of women to conduct deliberate ground combat operations with all-male troops, deployed twice to Afghanistan where she also competed in, and won, a marathon, received the Presidential Volunteer Service Medal from President Obama personally, married an Army helicopter pilot, is raising a trilingual little girl in Seattle, WA and is hard at work on her forthcoming memoir, Uncultured.Daniella’s Social Media:https://daniellamestyanekyoung.com/daniella.m.young@gmail.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/daniellamyoungInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/daniellamyoung_/Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniella-young/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/daniellamestyanekyoungSign up to join the waitlist for my memoir, UNCULTURED at https://daniellamestyanekyoung.com/ About Our SponsorcavnessHR understands that time feels like the most limited resource in business. Small business leaders spend 25% of their time on HR and compliance matters, instead of directly increasing the bottom line with business growth. With cavnessHR, for a small monthly fee you can forego hiring an in-house HR team, and stop worrying about potential HR and compliance issues. With cavnessHR you have 24/7 access to real, live experts to handle everything from onboarding employees in a one-stop shop portal, advising you on HR laws, and even leadership and workplace culture seminars and workshops. In a constantly shifting corporate culture landscape, keep laser focus on your business with those cavnessHR Hours Recovered, while we take care of your HR.https://www.cavnessHR.com jason.cavness@cavnessHR.com@cavnessHR across social media  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Episode 19_ “Shut up and Color: Creating Culture Catalysts in the Workplace” We talk about the following:How pain points and friction get you to think about culture What are “Culture-Catalysts” and how can you use them in the workplace Sharing your vision and inviting other people to take part What gets measured gets managedWe have to trust that investing in culture will produce positive change AND profit Valerie’s #1 Culture-Hack: Make sure you know why you’re doing what you’re doing, and make sure that your people know why too. About Our Guest:  Valerie is on a mission to help organizations create workplace cultures where people thrive. Above all, she loves the thrill of seeing people come to life at work – with renewed purpose, engagement, and initiative. Valerie incorporates best practices in organizational behavior, design thinking, and coaching for change that sticks, and partners with clients to develop practical strategies tailored to their needs.Previously, she served in the United States Air Force where she instigated a culture change movement that transformed a bureaucratic unit into a powerhouse of creativity and innovation, leading to intelligence breakthroughs. She didn’t stop there, though – a variety of game-changing programs adopted by the Air Force and the National Security Agency can trace their origins to her fearless willingness to challenge the status quo. Valerie holds an MBA from Stanford and a BS in Diplomacy and Military Studies from Hawaii Pacific University.Valerie’s Social Media +1.808.226.9381 val@takebackwork.com https://takebackwork.comhttp://us.linkedin.com/in/valeriebriverahttp://twitter.com/takebackworkhttp://facebook.com/takebackworkhttp://instagram.com/takebackwork About Our Host: Daniella Mestyanek (Mest-aa-neck) Young is an author, TEDx speaker and Organizational Culture-Hacker with fascinating life story and important insights into culture, socialization and group behavior. Daniella is the President of DMY Enterprises and the co-founder of cavnessHR. Daniella was born and raised a third-generation member of the infamous religious cult the Children of God, known for promoting religious prostitution, pedophilia for God, and the end of the world. At 15, she escaped that life, moving to America and eventually becoming a US ARMY Captain. During her journey, she was college valedictorian, served as part of the first group of women to conduct deliberate ground combat operations with all-male troops, deployed twice to Afghanistan where she also competed in, and won, a marathon, received the Presidential Volunteer Service Medal from President Obama personally, married an Army helicopter pilot, is raising a trilingual little girl in Seattle, WA and is hard at work on her forthcoming memoir, Uncultured. Daniella’s Social Media: https://daniellamestyanekyoung.com/daniella.m.young@gmail.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/daniellamyoungInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/daniellamyoung_/Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniella-young/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/daniellamestyanekyoungSign up to join the waitlist for my memoir, UNCULTURED at https://daniellamestyanekyoung.com/ About Our SponsorcavnessHR understands that time feels like the most limited resource in business. Small business leaders spend 25% of their time on HR and compliance matters, instead of directly increasing the bottom line with business growth. With cavnessHR, for a small monthly fee you can forego hiring an in-house HR team, and stop worrying about potential HR and compliance issues. With cavnessHR you have 24/7 access to real, live experts to handle everything from onboarding employees in a one-stop shop portal, advising you on HR laws, and even leadership and workplace culture seminars and workshops. In a constantly shifting corporate culture landscape, keep laser focus on your business with those cavnessHR Hours Recovered, while we take care of your HR.https://www.cavnessHR.com jason.cavness@cavnessHR.com@cavnessHR across social media  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Episode 18_ “What’s Your Chaos Tolerance?” How different individuals have different levels of tolerance for chaos and moving through change How a PhD in geography—A story-telling discipline—relates directly to studying corporate culture, another story telling discipline Team-driven people vs. self-driven people. Different culture-types and how leaders can use them to become more skilled at how they handle their people and even larger groups. Dr. Rachel’s book,: iX Leadership BookWe talk about the following: Dr. Rachel’s #1 Culture-Hack: Create more structure, especially right now during COVID-19. It will help to ground everyone on your team. About Our Guest: Dr. Rachel Headley knows how to get things done. She has been in the trenches, dealing with unspoken conversations, barriers to team goals and success, and figuring out how to achieve seemingly impossible goals demanded by executive leadership. As she rose through the ranks at a global satellite mission (from intern to satellite scientist to Operational Science Officer), she managed big projects, united diverse stakeholders, guided teams through change, and led complex and ground-breaking achievements. She believes the internal experience (iX) of an organization is a leadership choice. Whether a leader dials it in or actively designed and supports it, the iX of a company is critical to nearly all measures of success - profit, employee retention, customer satisfaction, and on and on. The hallmark of business today is constant change, which is highly uncomfortable to a large number of our people. Partnering with Meg Manke at the Rose Group Int'l, they developed the critical, new (and practical) iX leadership framework which allows you to actually solve problems in your team, address generational issues, guide people through big changes, and accomplish your most ambitious goals. Rachel is a TEDx speaker and has spoken on stage in front of over 12,000 people (https://youtu.be/dEe4dQcwuCQ). She is also a Forbes Coaches Council contributor, and serves on the Council of Trustees for South Dakota State University. She is a Mensa PhD scientist, a certified Project Management Professional, a global citizen, a choral singer, and an art patroness.Rachel’s Social Media iX Leadership BookRachel's article in Forbes on Culture TypesCulture Type AssessmentiX Leadership Facebook CommunityRachel's Disrupt HR presentationRose Group Int'l YouTube ChannelTwitter: https://twitter.com/sprfsh_rachelLinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-rachel-mk-headley/About Our Host: Daniella Mestyanek (Mest-aa-neck) Young is an author, TEDx speaker and Organizational Culture-Hacker with fascinating life story and important insights into culture, socialization and group behavior. Daniella is the President of DMY Enterprises and the co-founder of cavnessHR. Daniella was born and raised a third-generation member of the infamous religious cult the Children of God, known for promoting religious prostitution, pedophilia for God, and the end of the world. At 15, she escaped that life, moving to America and eventually becoming a US ARMY Captain. During her journey, she was college valedictorian, served as part of the first group of women to conduct deliberate ground combat operations with all-male troops, deployed twice to Afghanistan where she also competed in, and won, a marathon, received the Presidential Volunteer Service Medal from President Obama personally, married an Army helicopter pilot, is raising a trilingual little girl in Seattle, WA and is hard at work on her forthcoming memoir, Uncultured. Daniella’s Social Media: https://daniellamestyanekyoung.com/daniella.m.young@gmail.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/daniellamyoungInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/daniellamyoung_/Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniella-young/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/daniellamestyanekyoungSign up to join the waitlist for my memoir, UNCULTURED at https://daniellamestyanekyoung.com/ About Our SponsorcavnessHR understands that time feels like the most limited resource in business. Small business leaders spend 25% of their time on HR and compliance matters, instead of directly increasing the bottom line with business growth. With cavnessHR, for a small monthly fee you can forego hiring an in-house HR team, and stop worrying about potential HR and compliance issues. With cavnessHR you have 24/7 access to real, live experts to handle everything from onboarding employees in a one-stop shop portal, advising you on HR laws, and even leadership and workplace culture seminars and workshops. In a constantly shifting corporate culture landscape, keep laser focus on your business with those cavnessHR Hours Recovered, while we take care of your HR.https://www.cavnessHR.com jason.cavness@cavnessHR.com@cavnessHR across social media  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Episode 17_ “Go Easy on Yourself, Kiddo”We talk about the following:Suzanne’s Book, Bad Tourist, how much has changed in the world, and publishing a travel memoir during a global shutdown.Thinking intentionally not only about where we’d like to travel next, but how we are going to do it.If you’re a travelling, you’re a bad tourist—we all have misadventures and make mistakesThe importance of examining your actions with intentionality.Suzanne’s #1 Culture-Hack: Go easy on yourself, KiddoAbout Our Guest: Suzanne Roberts is the author of the travel essay collection Bad Tourist: Misadventures in Love and Travel (University of Nebraska Press, October 2020) and the memoir Almost Somewhere: Twenty-Eight Days on the John Muir Trail (winner of the National Outdoor Book Award), as well as four books of poems. Named "The Next Great Travel Writer" by National Geographic's Traveler, Suzanne's work has been listed as notable in Best American Essays and included in The Best Women's Travel Writing. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, CNN, Creative Nonfiction, Brevity, The Rumpus, Hippocampus, The Normal School, River Teeth, and elsewhere. She holds a doctorate in literature and the environment from the University of Nevada-Reno and teaches for the low residency MFA program in Creative Writing at Sierra Nevada University. She served as the 2018-2020 El Dorado County Poet Laureate and currently lives in South Lake Tahoe, California. Suzanne’s Social MediaWebsite: https://www.suzanneroberts.net/ Book: https://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska/9781496222848/ Use code 6AS20 for 40 % off!!!! About Our Host: Daniella Mestyanek (Mest-aa-neck) Young is an author, TEDx speaker and Organizational Culture-Hacker with fascinating life story and important insights into culture, socialization and group behavior. Daniella is the President of DMY Enterprises and the co-founder of cavnessHR.Daniella was born and raised a third-generation member of the infamous religious cult the Children of God, known for promoting religious prostitution, pedophilia for God, and the end of the world. At 15, she escaped that life, moving to America and eventually becoming a US ARMY Captain.During her journey, she was college valedictorian, served as part of the first group of women to conduct deliberate ground combat operations with all-male troops, deployed twice to Afghanistan where she also competed in, and won, a marathon, received the Presidential Volunteer Service Medal from President Obama personally, married an Army helicopter pilot, is raising a trilingual little girl in Seattle, WA and is hard at work on her forthcoming memoir, Uncultured.Daniella’s Social Media:https://daniellamestyanekyoung.com/daniella.m.young@gmail.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/daniellamyoungInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/daniellamyoung_/Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniella-young/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/daniellamestyanekyoungSign up to join the waitlist for my memoir, UNCULTURED at https://daniellamestyanekyoung.com/ About Our SponsorcavnessHR understands that time feels like the most limited resource in business. Small business leaders spend 25% of their time on HR and compliance matters, instead of directly increasing the bottom line with business growth. With cavnessHR, for a small monthly fee you can forego hiring an in-house HR team, and stop worrying about potential HR and compliance issues. With cavnessHR you have 24/7 access to real, live experts to handle everything from onboarding employees in a one-stop shop portal, advising you on HR laws, and even leadership and workplace culture seminars and workshops. In a constantly shifting corporate culture landscape, keep laser focus on your business with those cavnessHR Hours Recovered, while we take care of your HR.https://www.cavnessHR.com jason.cavness@cavnessHR.com@cavnessHR across social media  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Episode 16: Everyone Has a StoryWe talk about the following:Folklore and storytelling as an important way to look at cultureThird-culture-kids; learning to relate to people different from you Growing up outside of America, with no real idea what it means to be an ‘american’. Travel at a young age and developing an expanded world view Great Quotes: ” I was constantly put into situations where I had to find out people's stories, you know, to kind of get to know them better”Lauren’s #1 Culture-Hack: Practice being a good listener—everyone has got a story. About Our Guest: Lauren is an award-winning writer and member of the American Society of journalists and authors. When she's not writing for businesses, Lauren crafts essays about her child As a military brat in cold war Europe, in an effort to promote a greater understanding of the unique aspects of military cultureLauren’s Twitter: @LaurenbstevensAbout Our Host: Daniella Mestyanek (Mest-aa-neck) Young is an author, TEDx speaker and Organizational Culture-Hacker with fascinating life story and important insights into culture, socialization and group behavior. Daniella is the President of DMY Enterprises and the co-founder of cavnessHR. Daniella was born and raised a third-generation member of the infamous religious cult the Children of God, known for promoting religious prostitution, pedophilia for God, and the end of the world. At 15, she escaped that life, moving to America and eventually becoming a US ARMY Captain. During her journey, she was college valedictorian, served as part of the first group of women to conduct deliberate ground combat operations with all-male troops, deployed twice to Afghanistan where she also competed in, and won, a marathon, received the Presidential Volunteer Service Medal from President Obama personally, married an Army helicopter pilot, is raising a trilingual little girl in Seattle, WA and is hard at work on her forthcoming memoir, Uncultured. Daniella’s Social Media: https://daniellamestyanekyoung.com/daniella.m.young@gmail.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/daniellamyoungInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/daniellamyoung_/Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniella-young/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/daniellamestyanekyoungSign up to join the waitlist for my memoir, UNCULTURED at https://daniellamestyanekyoung.com/ About Our SponsorcavnessHR understands that time feels like the most limited resource in business. Small business leaders spend 25% of their time on HR and compliance matters, instead of directly increasing the bottom line with business growth. With cavnessHR, for a small monthly fee you can forego hiring an in-house HR team, and stop worrying about potential HR and compliance issues. With cavnessHR you have 24/7 access to real, live experts to handle everything from onboarding employees in a one-stop shop portal, advising you on HR laws, and even leadership and workplace culture seminars and workshops. In a constantly shifting corporate culture landscape, keep laser focus on your business with those cavnessHR Hours Recovered, while we take care of your HR.https://www.cavnessHR.com jason.cavness@cavnessHR.com@cavnessHR across social media  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Episode 15_ “Success and Neuro-Diversity in the Workplace” We talk about the following:John’s life journey and his thoughts on success and neuro diversity in the workplace -John struggled in school, turning to drugs and alcohol and spending high school graduation in rehab After college, John had learned to function successfully on the outside, while still covering up internal dysfunction and internal angst and anxiety and a pattern of destructive behaviors. Found a fit at a corporation that was hard-charging, high-stakes and disruptive. After being diagnosed with clinical depression and bipolar disorder, John took a break to work on himself, get sober and medicated. Began to change his management style, became a certified Clifton’s strengths coach, and began to try to help people on his team become their best selves. At work, he’s become open and outspoken about neuro-diversity, and the culture has changed around him to support this. Through his journey, John has become a much better listener, leader, father and more. Great Quotes: “We need to change the way we talk about mental health in the workplace”“There’s no end to self-awareness, it’s a constant journey” John’s #1 Culture-Hack: Hack 1  is keep track every day of how many times you hear somebody say, “Yeah, but” or “Yes, but”, or “However”. Keep track of those, write it down, just make a note. Because when people use those words it gives the listener the impression that you weren’t listening the whole time they were speaking. Hack 2 is keep track of how many times a day you hear people interrupt each other because interruptions beget interruptions.About Our Guest: John Birrell-Levine is a tinkerer, a sociologist, an ally for all and spends his life tirelessly working on human evolution. In corporate environments, as a Gallup certified strengths coach and accredited insights discovery practitioner, he uses common language and instruments as a base upon which to build. John also focuses on daily tweaks and hacks people in teams can leverage to shift cultural direction. John’s Social MediaLinked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jibble/About Our Host: Daniella Mestyanek (Mest-aa-neck) Young is an author, TEDx speaker and Organizational Culture-Hacker with fascinating life story and important insights into culture, socialization and group behavior. Daniella is the President of DMY Enterprises and the co-founder of cavnessHR. Daniella was born and raised a third-generation member of the infamous religious cult the Children of God, known for promoting religious prostitution, pedophilia for God, and the end of the world. At 15, she escaped that life, moving to America and eventually becoming a US ARMY Captain. During her journey, she was college valedictorian, served as part of the first group of women to conduct deliberate ground combat operations with all-male troops, deployed twice to Afghanistan where she also competed in, and won, a marathon, received the Presidential Volunteer Service Medal from President Obama personally, married an Army helicopter pilot, is raising a trilingual little girl in Seattle, WA and is hard at work on her forthcoming memoir, Uncultured. Daniella’s Social Media: https://daniellamestyanekyoung.com/daniella.m.young@gmail.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/daniellamyoungInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/daniellamyoung_/Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniella-young/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/daniellamestyanekyoungSign up to join the waitlist for my memoir, UNCULTURED at https://daniellamestyanekyoung.com/ About Our SponsorcavnessHR understands that time feels like the most limited resource in business. Small business leaders spend 25% of their time on HR and compliance matters, instead of directly increasing the bottom line with business growth. With cavnessHR, for a small monthly fee you can forego hiring an in-house HR team, and stop worrying about potential HR and compliance issues. With cavnessHR you have 24/7 access to real, live experts to handle everything from onboarding employees in a one-stop shop portal, advising you on HR laws, and even leadership and workplace culture seminars and workshops. In a constantly shifting corporate culture landscape, keep laser focus on your business with those cavnessHR Hours Recovered, while we take care of your HR.https://www.cavnessHR.com jason.cavness@cavnessHR.com@cavnessHR across social media  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Episode 14_ The Good Person Defense We talk about the following:Childhood sexual abuseIncestTraumaRisk-seeking behaviorChildhood sexual abuse victims usually have to tell someone 7 times before they are believedHow the anger of not being believed affects children into adulthoodThe harmfulness of the “good person defense” & the ‘good vs. bad’ dichotomy that we so love as humansDiscovering your voice after it’s been taken from youKelly’s #1 Culture-Hack: Take opportunities, because you never know where life will leadAbout Our Guest: Kelly Wallace is a career consultant who helps people with disabilities find jobs in Portland, Oregon. She is at work on a memoir about her experience testifying against her paternal grandpa as a young child. In her free time, she enjoys traveling to foreign countries and playing with her two fur-kids, Star boy and Moonboy, three-year-old tuxedo and silver tabby cats.Kelly’s Social Mediahttps://www.facebook.com/kelly.wallace.50www.bootcamp4writers.comTwitter: kellythewriter1About Our Host: Daniella Mestyanek (Mest-aa-neck) Young is an author, TEDx speaker and Organizational Culture-Hacker with fascinating life story and important insights into culture, socialization and group behavior. Daniella is the President of DMY Enterprises and the co-founder of cavnessHR.Daniella was born and raised a third-generation member of the infamous religious cult the Children of God, known for promoting religious prostitution, pedophilia for God, and the end of the world. At 15, she escaped that life, moving to America and eventually becoming a US ARMY Captain.During her journey, she was college valedictorian, served as part of the first group of women to conduct deliberate ground combat operations with all-male troops, deployed twice to Afghanistan where she also competed in, and won, a marathon, received the Presidential Volunteer Service Medal from President Obama personally, married an Army helicopter pilot, is raising a trilingual little girl in Seattle, WA and is hard at work on her forthcoming memoir, Uncultured.Daniella’s Social Media:https://daniellamestyanekyoung.com/daniella.m.young@gmail.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/daniellamyoungInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/daniellamyoung_/Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniella-young/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/daniellamestyanekyoungSign up to join the waitlist for my memoir, UNCULTURED at https://daniellamestyanekyoung.com/ About Our SponsorcavnessHR understands that time feels like the most limited resource in business. Small business leaders spend 25% of their time on HR and compliance matters, instead of directly increasing the bottom line with business growth. With cavnessHR, for a small monthly fee you can forego hiring an in-house HR team, and stop worrying about potential HR and compliance issues. With cavnessHR you have 24/7 access to real, live experts to handle everything from onboarding employees in a one-stop shop portal, advising you on HR laws, and even leadership and workplace culture seminars and workshops. In a constantly shifting corporate culture landscape, keep laser focus on your business with those cavnessHR Hours Recovered, while we take care of your HR.https://www.cavnessHR.com jason.cavness@cavnessHR.com@cavnessHR across social media  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Episode 13_Nobody Cares About What You’ve Done: Identity and Transition after Military Service We talk about the following: Having to change your mindset to join the military, and then again to leaveThe impact of 9/11 on those who served Leadership training in the military Indoctrination and becoming part of a group How hard it is to adjust to less stress AND less adrenaline when you leave the military Loss of identity and purpose Developing emotional intelligence and understanding that there is a lot you don’t knowGreat Quotes: “you have to understand that the way you talk to people, the way you carry yourself the way that you interact with others, the way that you may give instructions, if you're like in a management position, it's much different than how you how you did that stuff in the army.”“I really think one of the most important question that any veteran can ask themselves when they're getting ready to leave the military is, you know, what do I really want? If you’re waiting till you got out, you waited too long.” Jeff’s #1 Culture-Hack: You set your own conditions, so own it, Own your conditions. And you're going to find that the loyalty that you drive from the folks that you're leading is going to be much is going to be much better then, and your product is going to be a lot better.About Our Guest: Jeff Schultz is currently an active duty Army soldier who's in the later stages of retirement. His career started in 1996 as an infantry man with these 82nd Airborne Division and spanned 24 years ending as the Joint Base Lewis McChord, enlisted military police advisor to the Joint Base Lewis McCord chief of police.Jeff’s Social MediaLinked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffrey-t-schultz/About Our Host: Daniella Mestyanek (Mest-aa-neck) Young is an author, TEDx speaker and Organizational Culture-Hacker with fascinating life story and important insights into culture, socialization and group behavior. Daniella is the President of DMY Enterprises and the co-founder of cavnessHR. Daniella was born and raised a third-generation member of the infamous religious cult the Children of God, known for promoting religious prostitution, pedophilia for God, and the end of the world. At 15, she escaped that life, moving to America and eventually becoming a US ARMY Captain. During her journey, she was college valedictorian, served as part of the first group of women to conduct deliberate ground combat operations with all-male troops, deployed twice to Afghanistan where she also competed in, and won, a marathon, received the Presidential Volunteer Service Medal from President Obama personally, married an Army helicopter pilot, is raising a trilingual little girl in Seattle, WA and is hard at work on her forthcoming memoir, Uncultured. Daniella’s Social Media: https://daniellamestyanekyoung.com/daniella.m.young@gmail.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/daniellamyoungInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/daniellamyoung_/Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniella-young/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/daniellamestyanekyoungSign up to join the waitlist for my memoir, UNCULTURED at https://daniellamestyanekyoung.com/ About Our SponsorcavnessHR understands that time feels like the most limited resource in business. Small business leaders spend 25% of their time on HR and compliance matters, instead of directly increasing the bottom line with business growth. With cavnessHR, for a small monthly fee you can forego hiring an in-house HR team, and stop worrying about potential HR and compliance issues. With cavnessHR you have 24/7 access to real, live experts to handle everything from onboarding employees in a one-stop shop portal, advising you on HR laws, and even leadership and workplace culture seminars and workshops. In a constantly shifting corporate culture landscape, keep laser focus on your business with those cavnessHR Hours Recovered, while we take care of your HR.https://www.cavnessHR.com jason.cavness@cavnessHR.com@cavnessHR across social media  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Episode 12_ The Lies You Want to Hear We talk about the following:Illness (especially invisible illnesses) and motherhood Society’s obsession with women’s weightHow sometimes ‘self-harming’ behavior appears as ‘good traits’ in our society The isolation and loneliness of motherhood How society can use children to control parents Feeling pressured and judged by the decisions we make—expected to meet society’s expectations and the pressure that can cause Judy’s Book: The Lies You Want to Hear Judy’s #1 Culture-Hack: For writing (or anything big you want to do in life), do a little every day. About Our Guest: Judy Walters is a seven-time author of women's fiction novels that focus on strong women dealing with complicated medical or family situations. Her eighth title, The Lies You Want to Hear is out now, and focuses on a 36-year-old mother who is fighting an eating disorder.Judy’s Linkshttps://www.amazon.com/Lies-You-Want-Hear-ebook/dp/B0847S9T2T/ref=sr_1_1?crid=10SG6EBIF95QP&keywords=the+lies+you+want+to+hear&qid=1584723805&s=books&sprefix=The+Lies+You+Want%2Cstripbooks%2C172&sr=1-1   https://www.facebook.com/search/top/?q=judy%20mollen%20walters%20author&epa=SEARCH_BOX https://www.judymollenwalters.com/ About Our Host: Daniella Mestyanek (Mest-aa-neck) Young is an author, TEDx speaker and Organizational Culture-Hacker with fascinating life story and important insights into culture, socialization and group behavior. Daniella is the President of DMY Enterprises and the co-founder of cavnessHR. Daniella was born and raised a third-generation member of the infamous religious cult the Children of God, known for promoting religious prostitution, pedophilia for God, and the end of the world. At 15, she escaped that life, moving to America and eventually becoming a US ARMY Captain. During her journey, she was college valedictorian, served as part of the first group of women to conduct deliberate ground combat operations with all-male troops, deployed twice to Afghanistan where she also competed in, and won, a marathon, received the Presidential Volunteer Service Medal from President Obama personally, married an Army helicopter pilot, is raising a trilingual little girl in Seattle, WA and is hard at work on her forthcoming memoir, Uncultured. Daniella’s Social Media: https://daniellamestyanekyoung.com/daniella.m.young@gmail.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/daniellamyoungInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/daniellamyoung_/Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniella-young/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/daniellamestyanekyoungSign up to join the waitlist for my memoir, UNCULTURED at https://daniellamestyanekyoung.com/ About Our SponsorcavnessHR understands that time feels like the most limited resource in business. Small business leaders spend 25% of their time on HR and compliance matters, instead of directly increasing the bottom line with business growth. With cavnessHR, for a small monthly fee you can forego hiring an in-house HR team, and stop worrying about potential HR and compliance issues. With cavnessHR you have 24/7 access to real, live experts to handle everything from onboarding employees in a one-stop shop portal, advising you on HR laws, and even leadership and workplace culture seminars and workshops. In a constantly shifting corporate culture landscape, keep laser focus on your business with those cavnessHR Hours Recovered, while we take care of your HR.https://www.cavnessHR.com jason.cavness@cavnessHR.com@cavnessHR across social media  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Episode 11_ “Culture is What Happens Between All the Spaces”We talk about the following:Starting a business as a childTeachable skills vs. desirable personality traitsWhere the hiring process breaks down. Can we create a better system?Creating an innovative video-interviewing platform that helps companies have a better idea who the candidate is before they walk in the door.Biggest leadership mistake—trying to replicate yourself instead of tying other people into your team for their own talents and skills and personality.Great Quotes: “Culture is what happens in between all the spaces”“Life is a wide-open canvas and you can literally create whatever you want”Matt’s #1 Culture-Hack: Find that open canvas and if you're a leader, help others create it. If you're somebody who's not sure if you're a leader yet, go create it yourself and you'll have other people who want to join and who love it.About Our Guest: Matt is the CEO and founder of Wedge, the podcast host of the Matt Baxter Show (Wedgecast), and an avid lover of his golden retriever. He's also a serial entrepreneur who got started at a very young age.Matt’s Social MediaLinked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matt-baxter-b211a690/The Matt Baxter Show: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/rob-kish/the-wedgecast About Our Host: Daniella Mestyanek (Mest-aa-neck) Young is an author, TEDx speaker and Organizational Culture-Hacker with fascinating life story and important insights into culture, socialization and group behavior. Daniella is the President of DMY Enterprises and the co-founder of cavnessHR.Daniella was born and raised a third-generation member of the infamous religious cult the Children of God, known for promoting religious prostitution, pedophilia for God, and the end of the world. At 15, she escaped that life, moving to America and eventually becoming a US ARMY Captain.During her journey, she was college valedictorian, served as part of the first group of women to conduct deliberate ground combat operations with all-male troops, deployed twice to Afghanistan where she also competed in, and won, a marathon, received the Presidential Volunteer Service Medal from President Obama personally, married an Army helicopter pilot, is raising a trilingual little girl in Seattle, WA and is hard at work on her forthcoming memoir, Uncultured.Daniella’s Social Media:https://daniellamestyanekyoung.com/daniella.m.young@gmail.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/daniellamyoungInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/daniellamyoung_/Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniella-young/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/daniellamestyanekyoungSign up to join the waitlist for my memoir, UNCULTURED at https://daniellamestyanekyoung.com/ About Our SponsorcavnessHR understands that time feels like the most limited resource in business. Small business leaders spend 25% of their time on HR and compliance matters, instead of directly increasing the bottom line with business growth. With cavnessHR, for a small monthly fee you can forego hiring an in-house HR team, and stop worrying about potential HR and compliance issues. With cavnessHR you have 24/7 access to real, live experts to handle everything from onboarding employees in a one-stop shop portal, advising you on HR laws, and even leadership and workplace culture seminars and workshops. In a constantly shifting corporate culture landscape, keep laser focus on your business with those cavnessHR Hours Recovered, while we take care of your HR.https://www.cavnessHR.com jason.cavness@cavnessHR.com@cavnessHR across social media  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Episode 10_It’s Not About “Are They a Culture-Fit, but Are They a Culture-Add” We talk about the following: How you can do really good things for business through CultureComfort Research’s “Culture Experience”, tour that they take business leaders on Culture is important in ANY organization, and HAS to come from the top-down How even college students can have core values for a culture of one Tactical tips on how to empower your people to own the values Those are dream big, take action and make a difference—all three are necessary The FAB awards! How to influence employees to take action! Great Quotes: “And I, we talked to them about what is a great set of core values look like? How does that tie into the strategic plan? And then once you've identified a great set of core values, how do you go about implementing them. And so I get a lot of different people at all different levels within the organization, you know, CEOs, managers, HR people, you know, even people on the manufacturing floor that want to have an impact on culture and want to see how we are doing it.” “If I wanted people to just agree and say yes, I would get robots” “A good culture is going to spit out the people that aren't a good add a good fit to that organization. And that's the way it should be. Our retention rate right now is around 96% 96%. People ask us, Hey, are you having a hard time? You know, hiring right now? No!” Matt’s #1 Culture-Hack: My favorite culture hack is probably just the piece about taking action towards your culture goals. Right? Just do something that you know about it, do something about it every single day, every single week. No matter what, how are you moving towards improving your culture, clearly defining your core values, making it better?About Our Guest: Matt Jung is the co-founder and co-CEO of comfort researchMatt’s Social MediaLinked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matt-jung-486a2810/Website: http://comfortresearch.com/ About Our Host: Daniella Mestyanek (Mest-aa-neck) Young is an author, TEDx speaker and Organizational Culture-Hacker with fascinating life story and important insights into culture, socialization and group behavior. Daniella is the President of DMY Enterprises and the co-founder of cavnessHR. Daniella was born and raised a third-generation member of the infamous religious cult the Children of God, known for promoting religious prostitution, pedophilia for God, and the end of the world. At 15, she escaped that life, moving to America and eventually becoming a US ARMY Captain. During her journey, she was college valedictorian, served as part of the first group of women to conduct deliberate ground combat operations with all-male troops, deployed twice to Afghanistan where she also competed in, and won, a marathon, received the Presidential Volunteer Service Medal from President Obama personally, married an Army helicopter pilot, is raising a trilingual little girl in Seattle, WA and is hard at work on her forthcoming memoir, Uncultured. Daniella’s Social Media: https://daniellamestyanekyoung.com/daniella.m.young@gmail.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/daniellamyoungInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/daniellamyoung_/Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniella-young/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/daniellamestyanekyoungSign up to join the waitlist for my memoir, UNCULTURED at https://daniellamestyanekyoung.com/Read my story here: https://narratively.com/i-escaped-the-cult-but-i-couldnt-escape-the-cult-mentality/ About Our SponsorcavnessHR understands that time feels like the most limited resource in business. Small business leaders spend 25% of their time on HR and compliance matters, instead of directly increasing the bottom line with business growth. With cavnessHR, for a small monthly fee you can forego hiring an in-house HR team, and stop worrying about potential HR and compliance issues. With cavnessHR you have 24/7 access to real, live experts to handle everything from onboarding employees in a one-stop shop portal, advising you on HR laws, and even leadership and workplace culture seminars and workshops. In a constantly shifting corporate culture landscape, keep laser focus on your business with those cavnessHR Hours Recovered, while we take care of your HR.https://www.cavnessHR.com jason.cavness@cavnessHR.com@cavnessHR across social media  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Episode 9_ Alcoholics Anonymous, Ironman and ValuesWe talk about the following:SobrietyHow values and purpose in a company need to be done with intentionThe connection between radical adventurism and relationshipsHow the values of Ironman teach you not to judge people on appearanceGood Quotes:“Any day that's moving along, that I'm not on target to where I said I wanted to go. It's usually because I've let somebody break one of those boundaries and knock me off course a little bit.”“And there's like 12 steps couldn't be any more simple than that. Don't drink and go to a meeting. And as simple KPI that I had to follow for a long time, don't drink and go to meeting. And if that doesn't work, don't drink and go to another meeting. And do that for 90 days. And if you're not completely satisfied will return your misery. That's what my sponsor told me. So it's funny that now I work with clients on 90 day rhythms. And you know, we set a three year plan, a one year plan, and then 90 days and at the end of our meetings, I'm like, here's your 90 day plan. Just like my sponsor gave me 30 years ago, and maybe that's a little coincidence. Maybe that's a little God's work, maybe. I don't know”“If I'm clear with where I want to go, if I'm clear with what my values are the rules I'll play by, and I know my purpose in life, and I use those as the filters to making all the decisions, I'm moving forward today.”Kris’ #1 Culture-Hack: Just remember, much like dating, you don't need to attract the whole world with your values. You only need to attract the right people.About Our Guest: Kris Kaplan is a 20-year entrepreneur, and an eight time Iron Man. He's been through 20 years of marriage and has two amazing kids.Kris’ Social MediaLinked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kris-kaplan-00b18a5/About Our Host: Daniella Mestyanek (Mest-aa-neck) Young is an author, TEDx speaker and Organizational Culture-Hacker with fascinating life story and important insights into culture, socialization and group behavior. Daniella is the President of DMY Enterprises and the co-founder of cavnessHR.Daniella was born and raised a third-generation member of the infamous religious cult the Children of God, known for promoting religious prostitution, pedophilia for God, and the end of the world. At 15, she escaped that life, moving to America and eventually becoming a US ARMY Captain.During her journey, she was college valedictorian, served as part of the first group of women to conduct deliberate ground combat operations with all-male troops, deployed twice to Afghanistan where she also competed in, and won, a marathon, received the Presidential Volunteer Service Medal from President Obama personally, married an Army helicopter pilot, is raising a trilingual little girl in Seattle, WA and is hard at work on her forthcoming memoir, Uncultured.Daniella’s Social Media:https://daniellamestyanekyoung.com/daniella.m.young@gmail.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/daniellamyoungInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/daniellamyoung_/Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniella-young/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/daniellamestyanekyoungSign up to join the waitlist for my memoir, UNCULTURED at https://daniellamestyanekyoung.com/Read my story here: https://narratively.com/i-escaped-the-cult-but-i-couldnt-escape-the-cult-mentality/ About Our SponsorcavnessHR understands that time feels like the most limited resource in business. Small business leaders spend 25% of their time on HR and compliance matters, instead of directly increasing the bottom line with business growth. With cavnessHR, for a small monthly fee you can forego hiring an in-house HR team, and stop worrying about potential HR and compliance issues. With cavnessHR you have 24/7 access to real, live experts to handle everything from onboarding employees in a one-stop shop portal, advising you on HR laws, and even leadership and workplace culture seminars and workshops. In a constantly shifting corporate culture landscape, keep laser focus on your business with those cavnessHR Hours Recovered, while we take care of your HR.https://www.cavnessHR.com jason.cavness@cavnessHR.com@cavnessHR across social media  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Episode 8_ Arranged Marriages, Family Traditions & Setting Your Own ExpectationsWe talk about the following: Arranged Marriages and Cultural Traditions The women in her traditional South Indian life who were the hidden secrets of her confidence The concept that if we ‘have it better than our grandmothers’ then we should stop striving for more Becoming a ‘self-made’ woman How motivation doesn’t have to come from an external source, it can come from inside of you Women bringing their whole selves to the work place, not just pieces Lalitha’s #1 Culture-Hack: Just because someone else has an expectation of you, you don’t have to live up to it. You can have your own expectations and live a life of no regrets. About Our Guest: Lalitha Bhojanapalli is the Director of Business Intelligence working at ASSA ABLOY Door Group. She was born and raised in India in a very conservative family. Her husband and she moved to United States 20 years ago. She has a masters in Math from India and an EMBA from Vanderbilt. You can easily say she is a feminist and loves challenging herself. She believes in hard work and makes a difference in her world every day.Lalitha’s Social MediaLinked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lalitha-bhojanapalli-4547835/About Our Host: Daniella Mestyanek (Mest-aa-neck) Young is an author, TEDx speaker and Organizational Culture-Hacker with fascinating life story and important insights into culture, socialization and group behavior. Daniella is the President of DMY Enterprises and the co-founder of cavnessHR. Daniella was born and raised a third-generation member of the infamous religious cult the Children of God, known for promoting religious prostitution, pedophilia for God, and the end of the world. At 15, she escaped that life, moving to America and eventually becoming a US ARMY Captain. During her journey, she was college valedictorian, served as part of the first group of women to conduct deliberate ground combat operations with all-male troops, deployed twice to Afghanistan where she also competed in, and won, a marathon, received the Presidential Volunteer Service Medal from President Obama personally, married an Army helicopter pilot, is raising a trilingual little girl in Seattle, WA and is hard at work on her forthcoming memoir, Uncultured. Daniella’s Social Media: https://daniellamestyanekyoung.com/daniella.m.young@gmail.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/daniellamyoungInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/daniellamyoung_/Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniella-young/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/daniellamestyanekyoungSign up to join the waitlist for my memoir, UNCULTURED at https://daniellamestyanekyoung.com/Read my story here: https://narratively.com/i-escaped-the-cult-but-i-couldnt-escape-the-cult-mentality/ About Our SponsorcavnessHR understands that time feels like the most limited resource in business. Small business leaders spend 25% of their time on HR and compliance matters, instead of directly increasing the bottom line with business growth. With cavnessHR, for a small monthly fee you can forego hiring an in-house HR team, and stop worrying about potential HR and compliance issues. With cavnessHR you have 24/7 access to real, live experts to handle everything from onboarding employees in a one-stop shop portal, advising you on HR laws, and even leadership and workplace culture seminars and workshops. In a constantly shifting corporate culture landscape, keep laser focus on your business with those cavnessHR Hours Recovered, while we take care of your HR.https://www.cavnessHR.com jason.cavness@cavnessHR.com@cavnessHR across social media  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Episode 7_ Blaze Your Own Trail with Special Guest Rebekah Bastian We talk about the following:Diversity and women’s experiences in TechCultural Engagement—how employees can engage with each other and the community; to motivate and to solve social issuesAmplification of women’s voicesHow to create a sense of solidarity in our life experiences through storytellingUsing positions of privilege to speak out when others are being harmedGreat Quotes:“Blaze your own trail— life comes together and there is no one ‘right’ path” “Good intentions don’t make microagressions okay”Rebekah’s #1 Culture-Hack: Pay attention to what you’re passionate about and where you get your energy from, combine that with you’re good at, and combine that with where you’re needed—you can end up in some really amazing places that you never could have predicted.About Our Guest: Rebekah Bastian is Vice President of Community & Culture at Zillow Group, leading efforts around Equity & Belonging, Social Impact Products and Cultural Engagement. Rebekah was one of Zillow’s first employees, coming over from Microsoft in 2005, and spent her first 12 years leading product development across many areas of the company.Rebekah’s first book, Blaze Your Own Trail, will be coming out in February 2020 with Berrett-Koehler Publishers. Rebekah serves on the Board of Directors of Bellwether Housing and the Advisory Board for the University of Washington School of Mechanical Engineering. She is also an advisor to technology startups, a respected thought leader and community partner. She writes articles in multiple publications including Forbes.com, and is a frequent speaker at conferences and community events. She has been recognized in the Puget Sound Business Journal 40 Under 40, the Inman 33 People Changing the Real Estate Industry and the Female Founders Alliance Champion Awards. Rebekah earned her Masters of Mechanical Engineering from UC Berkeley and Bachelors of Mechanical Engineering from the University of Washington. She is also a mentor, a mother to two boys and an aerial acrobat.Rebekah’s Social MediaLinked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rebekahbastian/Website: https://rebekahbastian.com/writing/Rebekah’s Book: Blaze Your Own TrailAbout Our Host: Daniella Mestyanek (Mest-aa-neck) Young is an author, TEDx speaker and Organizational Culture-Hacker with fascinating life story and important insights into culture, socialization and group behavior. Daniella is the President of DMY Enterprises and the co-founder of cavnessHR.Daniella was born and raised a third-generation member of the infamous religious cult the Children of God, known for promoting religious prostitution, pedophilia for God, and the end of the world. At 15, she escaped that life, moving to America and eventually becoming a US ARMY Captain.During her journey, she was college valedictorian, served as part of the first group of women to conduct deliberate ground combat operations with all-male troops, deployed twice to Afghanistan where she also competed in, and won, a marathon, received the Presidential Volunteer Service Medal from President Obama personally, married an Army helicopter pilot, is raising a trilingual little girl in Seattle, WA and is hard at work on her forthcoming memoir, Uncultured.Daniella’s Social Media:https://daniellamestyanekyoung.com/daniella.m.young@gmail.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/daniellamyoungInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/daniellamyoung_/Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniella-young/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/daniellamestyanekyoungSign up to join the waitlist for my memoir, UNCULTURED at https://daniellamestyanekyoung.com/Read my story here: https://narratively.com/i-escaped-the-cult-but-i-couldnt-escape-the-cult-mentality/ About Our SponsorcavnessHR understands that time feels like the most limited resource in business. Small business leaders spend 25% of their time on HR and compliance matters, instead of directly increasing the bottom line with business growth. With cavnessHR, for a small monthly fee you can forego hiring an in-house HR team, and stop worrying about potential HR and compliance issues. With cavnessHR you have 24/7 access to real, live experts to handle everything from onboarding employees in a one-stop shop portal, advising you on HR laws, and even leadership and workplace culture seminars and workshops. In a constantly shifting corporate culture landscape, keep laser focus on your business with those cavnessHR Hours Recovered, while we take care of your HR.https://www.cavnessHR.com jason.cavness@cavnessHR.com@cavnessHR across social media  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.