Ranked #1
Crucial Talks Episode 43 Esther Weinberg on the Dignity Zone: Trust, Respect, and Safety in Life and the Workplace
Crucial Talks Episode 43 Esther Weinberg on the Dignity Zone: Trust, Respect, and Safety in Life and the Workplace
In this episode, Mike Sedam interviews Esther Weinberg. Esther Weinberg is a leader in redefining organizational culture... Read more
5 Aug 2018
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42mins
Ranked #2
Crucial Chat: Appreciative Inquiry - Building Capacity for Long Term Success and Performance
Crucial Chat: Appreciative Inquiry - Building Capacity for Long Term Success and Performance
This chat is about appreciative inquiry. Appreciative inquiry pursues changes to human systems with a focus on strength... Read more
23 Nov 2017
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4mins
Ranked #3
Crucial Talks Episode 38 Name, Blame, & Shame Game - Intergroup Relationships
Crucial Talks Episode 38 Name, Blame, & Shame Game - Intergroup Relationships
How we interact with others can have either a negative or positive impact on how we can get things done. If we see other... Read more
1 Jul 2018
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21mins
Ranked #4
Crucial Talks Episode 56 Mark Gober on Consciousness and Ending Upside Down Thinking
Crucial Talks Episode 56 Mark Gober on Consciousness and Ending Upside Down Thinking
Mike Sedam interview Mark Gober about consciousness and his book, An End to Upside Down Thinking. You can get his book f... Read more
4 Nov 2018
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37mins
Ranked #5
Crucial Talks Episode 39 Appreciative Inquiry - People Positive: Lightbulbs and Lifeblood of Organizations
Crucial Talks Episode 39 Appreciative Inquiry - People Positive: Lightbulbs and Lifeblood of Organizations
Appreciative Inquiry pursues changes to human systems with a focus on strengths. It is ultimately a method that takes a ... Read more
8 Jul 2018
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19mins
Ranked #6
Crucial Talks Episode 75: Deb Falzoi on the Epidemic of Workplace Bullying and Abuse
Crucial Talks Episode 75: Deb Falzoi on the Epidemic of Workplace Bullying and Abuse
Mike Sedam talks with Deb Falzoi of Dignity Together about workplace bullying and workplace abuse. This is an epidemic i... Read more
10 Mar 2019
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37mins
Ranked #7
Crucial Chat: Gratitude - Positive Social Emotion and Emotional Intelligence
Crucial Chat: Gratitude - Positive Social Emotion and Emotional Intelligence
Thanksgiving is a great holiday: turkey, pie, football, and...GRATITUDE. Gratitude is a strong positive social emotion. ... Read more
21 Nov 2018
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3mins
Ranked #8
Crucial Talks Episode 104: Thanksgiving - The Power of Gratitude
Crucial Talks Episode 104: Thanksgiving - The Power of Gratitude
Happy Thanksgiving! Gratitude is powerful. People are programmed to lean toward the negative. Negative emotions cause us... Read more
24 Nov 2019
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8mins
Ranked #9
Crucial Talks Episode 92: Workplace Experience and Employee Engagement with Daren Martin
Crucial Talks Episode 92: Workplace Experience and Employee Engagement with Daren Martin
Mike Sedam interviews Daren Martin about his book, A Company of Owners. The book is available here. Mike and Daren talk ... Read more
7 Jul 2019
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42mins
Ranked #10
Crucial Talks Episode 47 Seinfeld vs. Costanza: Changing Conversations to Remove Conflict
Crucial Talks Episode 47 Seinfeld vs. Costanza: Changing Conversations to Remove Conflict
Mike Sedam uses an episode of Seinfeld to discuss how our beliefs affect how we see the world around us and how that imp... Read more
2 Sep 2018
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14mins
Ranked #11
Crucial Talks Episode 95 Gary Salyer on the Importance of Feeling Welcomed, Worthy, Cherished, and Empowered in Relationships
Crucial Talks Episode 95 Gary Salyer on the Importance of Feeling Welcomed, Worthy, Cherished, and Empowered in Relationships
Gary Salyer talks with Mike Sedam about personal and business relationships. People that feel welcomed, worthy, cherishe... Read more
28 Jul 2019
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45mins
Ranked #12
Crucial Talks Episode 97: Magical Conversations with Pauline Crawford
Crucial Talks Episode 97: Magical Conversations with Pauline Crawford
Pauline Crawford speaks with Mike Sedam about Magical Conversations. Conversations can use diversity and inclusion to mo... Read more
18 Aug 2019
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47mins
Ranked #13
Crucial Talks Episode 49 Three Degrees of Influence: My Friend Bob Sakamano
Crucial Talks Episode 49 Three Degrees of Influence: My Friend Bob Sakamano
In this episode, Mike Sedam talks about the three degrees of influence that was written about in the book Connected by N... Read more
15 Sep 2018
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12mins
Ranked #14
Crucial Talks Episode 90: The 7 P's of Resilience with Tracy Mehr-Muska
Crucial Talks Episode 90: The 7 P's of Resilience with Tracy Mehr-Muska
Mike Sedam talks with Tracy Mehr-Muska about resilience based on her book, Weathering the Storm. Available from Amazon: ... Read more
23 Jun 2019
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39mins
Ranked #15
Crucial Talks Episode 54 Amberly Lago Perception, Tribes, and Triumph
Crucial Talks Episode 54 Amberly Lago Perception, Tribes, and Triumph
Mike Sedam interviews Amberly Lago about her journey of triumph over tragedy. Amberly has written a book called True Gri... Read more
21 Oct 2018
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34mins
Ranked #16
Crucial Talks Episode 107: J Scott It's Not About Business, It's About People
Crucial Talks Episode 107: J Scott It's Not About Business, It's About People
J Scott is interviewed by Mike Sedam about the importance of people. The discussion revolves around how to actively list... Read more
5 Jan 2020
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31mins
Ranked #17
Crucial Talks Episode 72: Lawrence Henderson - Bridging the Gap, Life, L.O.V.E., and Leadership
Crucial Talks Episode 72: Lawrence Henderson - Bridging the Gap, Life, L.O.V.E., and Leadership
Lawrence Henderson, the author of Bridging the Gap: Life, LOVE, and Leadership is interviewed by Mike Sedam about leader... Read more
24 Feb 2019
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40mins
Ranked #18
Crucial Talks Episode 105: Safety - Focus on People, Impact the Organization with Mike King
Crucial Talks Episode 105: Safety - Focus on People, Impact the Organization with Mike King
Mike King, a safety professional in the construction industry discusses safety with Mike Sedam. Not only are safety topi... Read more
8 Dec 2019
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37mins
Ranked #19
Crucial Talks Episode 2 Breaking Barriers: People are the Solution
Crucial Talks Episode 2 Breaking Barriers: People are the Solution
This episode was recorded at a conference in Philadelphia. In two separate presentations, about two different subjects,... Read more
22 Oct 2017
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14mins
Ranked #20
Crucial Talks Episode 100: Chris Clearfield on Meltdowns, How Systems Fail, and What We Can Do About It
Crucial Talks Episode 100: Chris Clearfield on Meltdowns, How Systems Fail, and What We Can Do About It
Mike Sedam talks with Chris Clearfield about the book he co-authored with Andras Tilcsik, Meltdown: Why Our Systems Fail... Read more
29 Sep 2019
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45mins