Chris Zaugg's guest appearances

Chris Zaugg

The Modern Manager

Human Capital Innovations (HCI) Podcast, with Jonathan H. Westover, PhD

Alisa Cohn

Bob Nelson

Andrew Bartlow

Rob Shallenberger

Lindsey Caplan

Amani Roberts

Katie Nielson

Erica Keswin

Krister Ungerböck

Shawn Achor

Jake Kahana

David Garcia

Yuri Elkaim

Michael Parker

Mark Lewis

OwlTail

In this HCI Podcast episode, Dr. Jonathan H. Westover talks with Chris Zaugg about transforming the workplace and helping leaders find time to develop their people. See the video here: https://youtu.be/UNnCPUGsuFs.Uptick Co-founder and President, Chris Zaugg (https://www.linkedin.com/in/chriszaugg/) has over three decades worth of experience building and managing teams, both in the non-profit world and the marketplace. He's passionate about establishing and maintaining trusting relationships with his team members — and helping others do the same. Over the years Chris has had some great mentors and coaches, and has been privileged to coach dozens of folks himself. As a trained musician, he traveled for years in rock bands (complete with 80's hair!), and he loves sports of any kind – watching or playing. Chris and his wife Susan have been married for 30 years and have 4 wonderful kids. https://uptickapp.com; 1:1s guide. https://offers.uptickapp.com/one-on-one-guide Contact Chris directly at: chrisz@uptickapp.com.Please leave a review wherever you listen to your podcasts!Please consider supporting the HCI Podcast on Patreon.Check out the HCI Academy: Courses, Micro-Credentials, and Certificates to Upskill and Reskill for the Future of Work!Check out the LinkedIn Alchemizing Human Capital Newsletter.Check out Dr. Westover's book, The Future Leader.Check out Dr. Westover's book, 'Bluer than Indigo' Leadership.Check out Dr. Westover's book, The Alchemy of Truly Remarkable Leadership.Check out the latest issue of the Human Capital Leadership magazine.Ranked #5 Workplace PodcastRanked #6 Performance Management PodcastRanked #7 HR PodcastRanked #12 Talent Management PodcastRanked in the Top 20 Personal Development and Self-Improvement Podcasts Ranked in the Top 30 Leadership PodcastsEach HCI Podcast episode (Program, ID No. 592296) has been approved for 0.50 HR (General) recertification credit hours toward aPHR™, aPHRi™, PHR®, PHRca®, SPHR®, GPHR®, PHRi™ and SPHRi™ recertification through HR Certification Institute® (HRCI®). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this HCI Podcast episode, Dr. <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathanhwestover/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jonathan H. Westover</a> talks with Chris Zaugg about transforming the workplace and helping leaders find time to develop their people. See the video here: <a href="https://youtu.be/UNnCPUGsuFs" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/UNnCPUGsuFs</a>.Uptick Co-founder and President, Chris Zaugg (<a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.linkedin.com/in/chriszaugg/&amp;sa=D&amp;source=calendar&amp;usd=2&amp;usg=AOvVaw30gfwbNcnP3hJL2exKxwjx" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/chriszaugg/</a>) has over three decades worth of experience building and managing teams, both in the non-profit world and the marketplace. He's passionate about establishing and maintaining trusting relationships with his team members — and helping others do the same. Over the years Chris has had some great mentors and coaches, and has been privileged to coach dozens of folks himself. As a trained musician, he traveled for years in rock bands (complete with 80's hair!), and he loves sports of any kind – watching or playing. Chris and his wife Susan have been married for 30 years and have 4 wonderful kids. <a href="https://uptickapp.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://uptickapp.com</a>; 1:1s guide. <a href="https://offers.uptickapp.com/one-on-one-guide" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://offers.uptickapp.com/one-on-one-guide</a> Contact Chris directly at: <a href="mailto:chrisz@uptickapp.com">chrisz@uptickapp.com</a>.Please leave a review wherever you listen to your podcasts!Please consider supporting the HCI Podcast on <a href="https://www.patreon.com/user?u=69688020" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Patreon</a>.Check out the <a href="https://hciacademy.talentlms.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">HCI Academy</a>: Courses, Micro-Credentials, and Certificates to Upskill and Reskill for the Future of Work!Check out the LinkedIn <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/alchemizing-human-capital-6884351526333227008/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Alchemizing Human Capital</a> Newsletter.Check out Dr. Westover's book, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Future-Leader-Transforming-Organizations-Remarkable-ebook/dp/B09WTK4PF8/ref=sr_1_1?crid=CQ0IRR79MNZ2&amp;keywords=the+future+leader+westover&amp;qid=1648742278&amp;s=books&amp;sprefix=the+future+leader+westover%2Cstripbooks%2C119&amp;sr=1-1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Future Leader</a>.Check out Dr. Westover's book, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B099C8S8H6" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">'Bluer than Indigo' Leadership</a>.Check out Dr. Westover's book, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Alchemy-Truly-Remarkable-Leadership-Extraordinary/dp/B08NWWKDX7/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=1606093645&amp;sr=8-1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Alchemy of Truly Remarkable Leadership</a>.Check out the latest issue of the <a href="https://www.innovativehumancapital.com/hci-magazine" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Human Capital Leadership magazine</a>.Ranked #5 <a href="https://blog.feedspot.com/workplace_podcasts/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Workplace</a> PodcastRanked #6 <a href="https://blog.feedspot.com/performance_management_podcasts/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Performance Management</a> PodcastRanked #7 <a href="https://blog.feedspot.com/hr_podcasts/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">HR</a> PodcastRanked #12 <a href="https://blog.feedspot.com/talent_management_podcasts/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Talent Management</a> PodcastRanked in the Top 20 <a href="https://blog.feedspot.com/personal_development_podcasts/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Personal Development and Self-Improvement</a> Podcasts Ranked in the Top 30 <a href="https://blog.feedspot.com/leadership_podcasts/?_src=alsoin" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Leadership</a> PodcastsEach HCI Podcast episode (Program, ID No. 592296) has been approved for 0.50 HR (General) recertification credit hours toward aPHR™, aPHRi™, PHR®, PHRca®, SPHR®, GPHR®, PHRi™ and SPHRi™ recertification through HR Certification Institute® (HRCI®). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

S35E12 - Transforming the Workplace and Helping Leaders Find Time to Develop Their People, with Chris Zaugg

Very few people are eager to add more meetings to their calendar, but what would happen if you scheduled a weekly check in with each of your team members? That’s what this week’s guest did. Chris Zaugg has been leading people for over 40 years, and according to his own reflection, had made LOTS of mistakes and had a few victories. He has trained people in leadership principles and communication all over the world, and loves to share what he's learned from other leaders. He currently serves as the President of OPIN Systems, a software company based in Bloomington, MN. Chris and I talk about how he incorporated weekly check-ins with his team and the transformative effect they had. We get into his process and why weekly can be so much more effective than monthly touch-bases. Read the related blog article:  Strengthen Your Team With Weekly Check-Ins Join the Modern Manager community (www.mamieks.com/join) to get three months of free access to Uptick, a software to help you with your weekly check-ins. This is doubly special because you get to skip the waitlist and to start using Uptick right now.  Subscribe to my newsletter to get episodes, articles and mini-guides delivered to your inbox.   KEY TAKEAWAYS:  It’s not easy for employees to translate big company goals, vision and strategies into daily activities. Organizations need systems that allow staff to honestly share with managers and managers to really listen to their staff in order to truly know what’s going on. If you want your team members to feel like they’ve won every day, they need to end the day knowing they accomplished their most important priority. Have a regular 15 minute check in with each team member. As prework, they write down what they see as the priorities for the week. Work together to prioritize them so they are clear on what matters most and why. In those 15 minutes, (1) prioritize the work for this week - use their individual, team and organizational goals as a reference point, (2) Ask reflection questions like "Did anything keep you from being productive last week? When did you feel like you most productive?” (3) Celebrate by learning what they were most proud of last week or milestones accomplished. Keep basic notes which you can then use to for upcoming performance reviews, simplifying that process and removing recency bias. Employees don’t want to feel like they’re doing work just to check the box. If you ask them to write something down for you, read it and use the information. In every workplace, people want three things: to know and be known, to serve and be served, to love and be loved, or perhaps to give and receive respect. Aim to hold weekly check-ins at the optimal time for each person given their work flow. For example, first thing Monday morning, Monday afternoon, or early Friday afternoon. The challenge with monthly check-ins is that you need much more time and that time is often spent recapping what happened and catching up to where things are now.  KEEP UP WITH CHRIS Website: https://blog.uptickapp.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chriszaugg/

Very few people are eager to add more meetings to their calendar, but what would happen if you scheduled a weekly check in with each of your team members? That’s what this week’s guest did. Chris Zaugg has been leading people for over 40 years, and according to his own reflection, had made LOTS of mistakes and had a few victories. He has trained people in leadership principles and communication all over the world, and loves to share what he's learned from other leaders. He currently serves as the President of OPIN Systems, a software company based in Bloomington, MN. Chris and I talk about how he incorporated weekly check-ins with his team and the transformative effect they had. We get into his process and why weekly can be so much more effective than monthly touch-bases. Read the related blog article: <a href="https://www.mamieks.com/post/strengthen-your-team-with-weekly-check-ins" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Strengthen Your Team With Weekly Check-Ins</a> Join <a href="http://www.mamieks.com/join" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">the Modern Manager community</a> (<a href="http://www.mamieks.com/join" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.mamieks.com/join</a>) to get three months of free access to Uptick, a software to help you with your weekly check-ins. This is doubly special because you get to skip the waitlist and to start using Uptick right now.  <a href="https://mailchi.mp/mamieks/subscribe" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Subscribe to my newsletter</a> to get episodes, articles and mini-guides delivered to your inbox.   KEY TAKEAWAYS: <ul> <li>It’s not easy for employees to translate big company goals, vision and strategies into daily activities.</li> <li>Organizations need systems that allow staff to honestly share with managers and managers to really listen to their staff in order to truly know what’s going on.</li> <li>If you want your team members to feel like they’ve won every day, they need to end the day knowing they accomplished their most important priority.</li> <li>Have a regular 15 minute check in with each team member. As prework, they write down what they see as the priorities for the week. Work together to prioritize them so they are clear on what matters most and why.</li> <li>In those 15 minutes, (1) prioritize the work for this week - use their individual, team and organizational goals as a reference point, (2) Ask reflection questions like "Did anything keep you from being productive last week? When did you feel like you most productive?” (3) Celebrate by learning what they were most proud of last week or milestones accomplished.</li> <li>Keep basic notes which you can then use to for upcoming performance reviews, simplifying that process and removing recency bias.</li> <li>Employees don’t want to feel like they’re doing work just to check the box. If you ask them to write something down for you, read it and use the information.</li> <li>In every workplace, people want three things: to know and be known, to serve and be served, to love and be loved, or perhaps to give and receive respect.</li> <li>Aim to hold weekly check-ins at the optimal time for each person given their work flow. For example, first thing Monday morning, Monday afternoon, or early Friday afternoon.</li> <li>The challenge with monthly check-ins is that you need much more time and that time is often spent recapping what happened and catching up to where things are now.</li> </ul> KEEP UP WITH CHRIS Website: <a href="https://blog.uptickapp.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://blog.uptickapp.com</a> LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/chriszaugg/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/chriszaugg/</a>

62: How Weekly Check-ins Transformed a Team with Chris Zaugg