Best Sandi Verrecchia Podcasts (2025)

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59 - Conscious Un-Bossing: The New Distaste for Managing 34:35

21h ago34:35

34:35

It's a group effort over here on Leadership Kung Fu, so we're glad you're here for episode 59! Join Jen and Sandi as they dissect the topic of Concious Un-Bossing, and listen along as they cover: Jen's NEW book Workers are the Solution, Not the Problem: A Guidebook to Leading Differently how Gen Z is bringing changes to the workplace conscious unco…

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58 - Leading Hybrid and Remote 33:21

1M ago33:21

33:21

Travel back in time with Jen and Sandi as they chat about a topic that's not necessarily new, but is certainly still a topic of discussion: working remotely and hybrid workforces! Whether you're taking a break in the breakroom or moving laundry inbetween meetings, listen along as Jen and Sandi discuss: The importance of asking questions and the wei…

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57 - Reactive Fist, Broken Mind: The Cost of Fearful Leadership 37:09

2M ago37:09

37:09

Don't be afraid, it's a new episode of Leadership Kung Fu! This episode is all about fearful leadership and what that can cost your place of business. Jen and Sandi waste no time diving into what can truly be at stake when leadership takes a reactive instead of a strategic approach. Listen along as they delve into: what can trigger reactive leaders…

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56 - Deflect and Redirect: Handling Conflict Like a Kung Fu Master 36:09

3M ago36:09

36:09

How to deal with conflict can be, well, confliciting! In this episode, Jen and Sandi tackle the topic of conflict and how knowing yourself can aid you in knowing how to conquer conflict! Listen along as they cover: why conflict can be good for leaders the different types of conflict how to identify what your own conflict behavior is what harm withd…

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55 - Leading with Clarity-Debunking Leadership Myths 32:06

4M ago32:06

32:06

Welcome to Episode 55 of Leadership Kung Fu! Jen and Sandi are back after a shiny new rebrand and a first episode of 2025! To start out this year, listen along as they tackle topics such as: what has changed within things you subscribe to and how the workplace is different than what it was 10/15+ years ago how "no" is not a bad word in the workplac…

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54 - The Art of Goal Setting, Keeping, and Achieving 35:42

5M ago35:42

35:42

Happy holidays from Organizational Transformational Kung Fu: The Podcast! Jen and Sandi are looking to the future this week and talk about goals and how to set them, keep them, and meet them! Follow along as they chat about: their year in review what reflection can do for you and writing vs. typing/digital record keeping hard vs. soft transformatio…

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53 - Listening as a Leader 37:41

6M ago37:41

37:41

In this week's episode of OT Kung Fu, Jen and Sandi revisit the types of listening they talked about with author Sean Grace and ponder how the listening types affect us in the workplace. Join them as they cover: how virtual calls have affected listening the importance of body language what curiosity really does for you conversational blindspots lev…

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52 - Say What? The Art of the Question with Author Sean Grace 41:27

7M ago41:27

41:27

Welcome back to OT Kung Fu: The Podcast! Sandi and Jen are joined this week by the incredible author Sean Grace! From Sean's website: "Sean Grace is a communication consultant, author, coach, and speaker, with over 25 years of experience developing and training sales, marketing, and leadership talent across diverse industries. His unique brand of b…

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51 - Conversations on Change with Curtis Bateman 36:37

8M ago36:37

36:37

Welcome to Episode 51 of OT Kung Fu: The Podcast! Joining Jen and Sandi this week is Curtis Bateman, co-author of Change: How to Turn Uncertainty Into Opportunity and vice president of direct international offices for FranklinCovey. From the FranklinCovey site: "With over twenty-five years of experience in the training industry, Curtis is an intern…

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50 - Thinking About Hidden Potential by Adam Grant 30:40

9M ago30:40

30:40

It's OT Kung Fu's 50th episode! We have another book review episode, this week featuring Hidden Potential by Adam Grant! Join Jen and Sandi while they cover topics like: -Performance Reviews and how they have changed from potential to goal-oriented -How imperfect leaders are more beneficial than "perfect" leaders -How meeting folks where there are …

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49 - Leadership and Building Organizational Capacity with Todd Conklin 55:31

10M ago55:31

55:31

You made it to the end of July, and we have a new episode of OT Kung Fu for you to celebrate and gear up before a new month begins tomorrow! Jen and Sandi are joined on this episode by Dr. Todd Conklin, author of Pre-Accident Investigations: An Introduction to Organizational Safety as well as host of his organizational safety podcast of the same na…

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48 - Influence as a Strategy: Getting Better Outcomes with Others 32:55

11M ago32:55

32:55

Happy Summer! Beat the heat with Sandi and Jen and listen along as they tackle the topic of influence (as a person, not for social media)! Today they cover: How reciprocity is different within the workplace How you show up as a leader to your peers vs. to your boss The traits of a successful workplace influencer Their love and use of the Everything…

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47 - Work-Life Bloom with author Dan Pontefract 45:05

1y ago45:05

45:05

We have a real treat for listeners today! Jen and Sandi are joined by award-winning author Dan Pontefract to talk about his new book Work-Life Bloom: How to Nurture a Team that Flourishes! From his website: "Dan is a renowned keynote speaker who has presented at four TED events and delivers approximately 50 keynotes annually. He is an adjunct profe…

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46 - Critical Thinking and Problem Solving for Teams: A Red Teaming Review 39:25

1y ago39:25

39:25

Welcome back to OT Book Club, er, we mean OT Kung Fu! Jen and Sandi invite you to listen in as they discuss "Red Teaming: How Your Business Can Conquer the Competition by Challenging Everything" by Bryce G. Hoffman. Enjoy the ASMR of Jen and Sandi flipping through to their favorite parts and points of the book and chatting about how you can empower…

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45 - The Customer Experience and a Coaching Approach with Dan Coldwell 47:09

1+ y ago47:09

47:09

Happy February Podcast! Jen and Sandi are joined by Dan Coldwell this week, a colleague of Sandi's at Satori Consulting, Inc. Dan has 30 years of experience in financial services as an executive and industry speaker and has also served as chief marketing and chief operations officer in past positions. He is a hockey certified coach, and he "cross-p…

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44 - Transformational Leadership with Cara Cameron 42:57

1+ y ago42:57

42:57

Happy first podcast of 2024! We're starting out this new year with a treat for you- Jen and Sandi are joined by Sandi's colleague Cara Cameron, who holds the position of Chief Future of Work for Mutual Insurance. She has worked in Human Resources for over 15 years and is passionate about developing leaders. With her Chief Future of Work position, s…

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43 - Change Starts with You 33:43

1+ y ago33:43

33:43

Surprise! One additional episode before the New Year! This week, Jen and Sandi discuss changes in the workplace and how those changes come about. It all starts from the same place: you! Join them as they cover: -how change is not linear, but dynamic -how to go about thinking about change and understanding the "why" of change -how changing requires …

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42 - Leveraging Mastermind Groups to Grow Yourself and Your Business with Julie Ellis 38:09

1+ y ago38:09

38:09

Happy December! This week, Jen and Sandi are joined by fellow entrepreneur and author Julie Ellis! Join the trio as they discuss: -Julie's start with Mabel's Labels and how she scales her leadership systems for different sized teams at different revenue numbers - Julie's new Mastermind project: a peer-reviewed mentorship for women in business and h…

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41 - Strong Leaders Know They Are Imperfect 29:47

1+ y ago29:47

29:47

In this episode of OT Kung Fu, join Jen and Sandi as they dive into how strong leaders are able to recognize their own shortcomings to encourage their own growth and stability as leaders. Topics in this episode include: - self reflection and the act of identifying your own insecurities and how that is a helpful skill -Imposter syndrome -The Johari …

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40 - Leadership Training at the Top 24:58

1+ y ago24:58

24:58

Join Jen and Sandi LIVE from New York (not on Saturday Night, unfortunately) as they discuss how often the teams at the top and how the top team can be skipped when they start investing in team learning and workplace learning. They touch on the importance of top teams always checking in with their own learning as organizational health can shift and…

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39 - Psychological Safety and Accountability 28:06

2y ago28:06

28:06

Sandi and Jen explore the topic of what it means when someone feels psychologically safe in a workplace and where that starts for us, and what effect that can have on workplace accountability. For Sandi's website, Click Here For Jen's website, Click Here Have a question, comment, or topic for Sandi and Jen? Leave us a comment in the box below!…

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38 - Getting Results from DEI Efforts 30:33

2y ago30:33

30:33

Jen and Sandi take on a relevant topic of DEI- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion within the workplace to ensure it's not just a token requirement that is met simply to tick a box. They round out Pride Month by placing the workplace and ourselves under the microscope with how to we recognize and shift into DEI mindsets. For Sandi's website, Click Her…

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37 - Meeting Disciplines 26:48

2y ago26:48

26:48

Join Sandi and Jen as they tackle the topic of meetings, the kind of people who show up to them, and what makes a meeting actually worth your time to attend. As the nature of meetings has changed in recent years, Jen and Sandi encourage reflection on the hows and whys of meetings and their attendees at their cores. For Sandi's website, Click Here F…

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36 - Coaching Leaders 35:55

2y ago35:55

35:55

Join Sandi and Jen as they dive into what it takes and means to coach leaders and how to encourage them and keep them as new folks are stepping into leadership roles. They also discuss how leaders can learn and adapt that "coaching" role as modern leadership takes on more than previous years. For Sandi's website, Click Here For Jen's website, Click…

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35 - Establishing Teams and Team Norms 36:44

2y ago36:44

36:44

Jen and Sandi come to you today talking about what it a team truly is and what it takes to establish that team and the normalities needed for the team to function cohesively and productively. For Sandi's website, Click Here For Jen's website, Click HereBy Sandi Verrecchia and Jennifer T. Long

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34 - Good Strategy, Bad Strategy 38:40

2y ago38:40

38:40

Join Sandi and Jen as they discuss good strategies in the workplace versus bad ones, and how to get your team through both. Listen in as they discuss some of their favorite strategy authors, resources, and inspirations to navigate process and product. For Sandi's website, Click Here For Jen's website, Click Here…

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33 - Leading in Stressful Times 33:05

2+ y ago33:05

33:05

This week, Jen and Sandi discuss the workplace post-pandemic, and the humanness of the stresses that are sourced from the adaptations we've had to make. They offer some solutions to keeping yourself and your team stress-free while navigating hybrid work environments. For Sandi's website, Click Here For Jen's website, Click Here…

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32 - Retention 31:25

2+ y ago31:25

31:25

Sandi and Jen meet to discuss retention of employees in the workplace and what that looks like in 2023. With much of the workforce now remote, what can managers and leaders do to keep them engaged, and what does that look like versus those who wanted to come back to the office? Tune in to hear how things have changed and how to navigate the waves o…

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31 – Strategic Whiplash 36:14

2+ y ago36:14

36:14

Jen and Sandi discuss VUCA-Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity and Ambiguity and what the impact of changing strategies can bring to the pace of our lives and the business world. What events in the workplace give us whiplash, and how do we come out of it? For Sandi's website, Click Here For Jen's website, Click Here…

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30 - Neuroscience of Accountability 38:52

3y ago38:52

38:52

Sandi and Jen interview Reut Schwartz-Hebron. Reut, Sandi and Jen discuss how accountability interacts with neuroscience and how that affects work and life. Reut trains and supports coaches, consultants, and HR leaders to complete their Certification in Applied Neuroscience. Click Here to learn more about Reut Schwartz-Hebron For Sandi's website, C…

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29 - Own Up! Drama Free Accountability 41:26

3y ago41:26

41:26

Sandi interviews her co-host, Jen about her new book: Own Up! How to Hold People Accountable without all the Drama. Jen and Sandi talk about what is in the book and go through the Six Ownership Steps model of Accountability™ for Mangers and Leaders. Click Here buy and get more info about the Own Up! book…

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28 - Better Communication thru Better Listening 36:13

3y ago36:13

36:13

Sandi and Jen talk about listening being the key to communication and that good listening is a big part of being an effective leader. They also go over active and advanced listening as well as 'listening in judgement' vs 'listening in discovery'. For Sandi's website, Click Here For Jen's website, Click Here…

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27 - Getting Clear on Vision 35:51

3+ y ago35:51

35:51

Sandi and Jen discuss what Vision is for business. They talk about Vision vs Mission statement. They also go over how story works with Vision to keep it front of mind for everyone, how to create a business vision and they touch on how personal vision will help engagement. For Sandi's website, Click Here For Jen's website, Click Here…

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Episode026 Own Your Career 44:44

3+ y ago44:44

44:44

Sandi and Jen have a discussion with Andy Storch, author of Own your Career Own your Life. They talk about what it means to Own you Career in a company setting and what are the issues that go with those decisions. For Sandi's website, Click Here For Jen's website, Click Here For Andy's website, Click Here…

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Episode025 Self-Directed Teams 35:57

3+ y ago35:57

35:57

Sandi and Jen discuss what is a self-directed team, what are the items and issues that come up for a good and for a bad self directed team. For Sandi's website, Click Here For Jen's website, Click HereBy Jen Long and Sandi Verrecchia

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Episode 24 - Leading With Empathy 34:00

3+ y ago34:00

34:00

Sandi and Jen discuss what Empathy is and what Leading with Empathy is all about. They discuss empathy, sympathy, judgement and curiosity and how they are all related and how these affect leadership. For Sandi's website, Click Here For Jen's website, Click HereBy Jen Long and Sandi Verrecchia

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Episode 23 - The Hybrid Workplace Challenge 40:48

4y ago40:48

40:48

Sandi and Jen discuss the opportunities and issues of coming back to work after the pandemic. They talk about the opportunity to remake and restart the workplace culture, that we are never going back to the same workplace, that work and home have collided, that short an long term decisions need to happen as a manager and how are you standing in the…

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Episode 022 - Diversity Equity and Inclusion Revisited 49:41

4y ago49:41

49:41

Sandi and Jen speak with expert Renee Bazile-Jones about Diversity Equity and Inclusion in the workplace. They describe what DE&I is, how is it being done, what is currently right and what is wrong. They discuss leadership and DE&I and unconscious bias. Renee discusses data for good DE&I. She also relays an example about good DE&I practices. They a…

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Episode 021 - The Customer Experience 44:19

4y ago44:19

44:19

Sandi and Jen speak with guest Ray Kong about what it means to you and your organization to be in organization that is customer experience led and how to become a customer experience led organization. For Sandi's website, Click Here For Jen's website, Click HereBy Sandi Verrecchia and Jen Long

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Episode 020 - Human Centered Leadership 40:14

4+ y ago40:14

40:14

Jen and Sandi discuss what is human centered leadership and what does the workplace look like when we reopen. We have so much data for decisions have we lost a human view on the workplace and workplace/business decisions? They also discuss the science of values - and what does human centered leading look like. For Sandi's website, Click Here For Je…

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Episode 019 - Business Goal Setting for 2021 34:10

4+ y ago34:10

34:10

As we begin the new year, Jen and Sandi discuss the best practices and pitfalls of goal setting. They go over some tools and methods that will produce excellent goals and move you and your business forward in the year to come. For Sandi's website, Click Here For Jen's website, Click HereBy Sandi Verrecchia and Jen Long

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Episode 018 - Diversity and Inclusion in Business 35:15

4+ y ago35:15

35:15

Jen and Sandi have a discussion about the defining what Diversity and Inclusion is, what it means to business and what business's need to do be diverse and inclusive. For Sandi's website, Click Here For Jen's website, Click HereBy Sandi Verrecchia and Jen Long

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Episode 017 - Leading Remotely 52:04

4+ y ago52:04

52:04

Jen and Sandi have an in-depth conversation with Ben Harris, President of Production Solutions, about how to be an effective leader when leading a primarily remote workforce. Ben shares his experience, insights and strategies after having transitioned his company to over 70% remote working in 2015. For Ben's website, Click Here For Sandi's website,…

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Episode 16 - Focusing on Culture to Drive Strategy 51:24

4+ y ago51:24

51:24

Sandi and Jen talk with Gary Anderson, ‘Chief Empowerment Officer’ of Nova Mutual Insurance. Gary believes that culture will drive results and on this podcast they are going to tap into some to the interesting things that Gary and his team are doing. The discussion covers servant leadership, self-managed teams and producing results with culture. Fo…

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Episode 015 - Generating a Productive Workplace Culture 48:49

5y ago48:49

48:49

Sandi and Jen sit down with Tony Gareri, CEO and "Chief of WOW" of Roma Mouldings and talk about the importance of generating a productive workplace culture. Find out in’s and out’s of how Tony and his team have developed a passionate, open, fun and caring company culture keep the business successful! He talks about seven specific tactics he and hi…

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Episode 014 - Change: Embracing What’s Next 41:15

5y ago41:15

41:15

In this episode Master Coaches Jen and Sandi talk about change. Workplace organizations are going through seismic shifts in how work is getting done and leaders are faced with charting this new course in addition to getting everyone aligned to move forward together into the unknown of mid- and post-pandemic work. The word “change” is as much of a p…

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Episode 013 - Upskilling Your Team - The Skills Coach 30:21

5y ago30:21

30:21

With rapid change comes the need for new skills as well as updated skills. This podcast covers some thinking and strategies around the need for on-going skills development, some solutions on how to incorporate skills development as managers and leaders as well as some of the most critical skills people need regardless of role and experience. Sandi'…

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Episode 012 - All about Teaming 34:51

5y ago34:51

34:51

Jen and Sandi talk about teaming and everything that goes into being a highly productive team. Check out Sandi's Team Skills training site Check out Jen's Team Skills training siteBy Sandi Verrecchia and Jen Long

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Episode 011- Tips from a Virtual Teaming Expert 34:08

5y ago34:08

34:08

Sandi and Jen welcome special guest Trina Hoefling. Trina is an expert in Virtual Teaming. Jen, Sandi and Trina discuss working as a virtual team and many of the issues that crop up and how to solve them. Trina is the author of the book Working Virtually: Transforming the Mobile Workplace and you can get more information and help at Trina's website…