This week's episode highlights the importance of meeting people where they are to coach them to where you want them to be. The Situational Leadership II model assists leaders in individualizing their level of support. Tiff and Carl go through the SLII model and relate it to what they, and other leaders have experienced in their pursuit of effective employee and team development

The second part of this episode continues the conversation of what motivates. You'll hear what gets Tiff and Carl moving and engaged to achieve, as well as the qualities they find motivating in leaders. Tiff then shares her tips for organizations to satisfy Maslow's needs pyramid (no illuminati involved), before Carl ask's listener's three important questions: What motivates you?. For what do you like to be appreciated? and How do you like to be appreciated?

This week our partners-in-crime discuss travel thoughts and desert island food choices before tackling the time-honored nuanced and multi-layered questions, "Are you motivated?", "What motivates you?" and "How can I motivate myself or others?" In this part one of the episode, you will hear ideas on motivation needs through personal likes and models from experts, such as Maslow, Pink and Spitzer to help us stay engaged and motivated past the paycheck.

Part two sees our duo continue their discussion on measuring employee performance, including ways to measure values and other intangible organizational standards and beliefs, linking performance management to effective hiring practices, and increasing engagement in disengaged staff, before , before Tiffany introducing math into the podcast in the equation: Performance = Ability x Motivation.

Effective performance management is the garden in which your employee's develop into their best selves, but each employee needs individual attention and care to effectively grow. In this episode your favorite podcasters discuss the dynamics of developing teams, including understanding each staff member's ambitions and how to uncover where and why they want to go in their career. Tiff and Carl then discuss the power of rating scores and how to treat people fairly and representative of their level of achievements and where they can go into the future.

Part two of this very special episode sees our hosts continuing to discuss the concepts behind results, including understanding the importance of making the journey just as meaningful as the destination to increase the sustainability of the achieved results.

This week, our hosts start the show discussing their favorites from their travels before diving into the 5th of Lencioni's 5 functions/dysfunctions of a team: results. You'll hear conversations about the importance of making sure that results are in alignment with the mission and vision of not just the organization, but each team member as well.

Part Two sees our gracious hosts continue their discussion on the need for accountability and what it looks like in practice. You'll hear tips from experts such as Wakeman and Kouzes and Posner and ends with reflective questions to ponder.