In this last episode of Season 6, Arielle Lapiano, a communication strategist, shares how she developed her early leadership philosophy by watching her father. In addition, she reflects on betting on herself from a career perspective, and it not working out the way she expected.

Arielle Lapiano is a brand and communication strategist, and a media and presentation trainer who helps companies and professionals become visible leaders

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In this episode, Love Rutledge, host of the FedUpward podcast shares her experiences navigating when there is a misalignment in core values. She also talks about the power of saying, “No”, to strengthen her work/life harmony.

Love Rutledge hosts the FedUpward Podcast, a show for federal employees providing advice, resources and community for public servants. Love has spent more than 22 years working for the Department of Defense in the Department of the Navy, United States Marine Corps, the Joint Staff and the Office of Secretary of Defense.

Love holds a master's degree in public administration from The George Washington University, a master's of science in resource strategy from the Eisenhower School at the National Defense University, and is an associate certified coach through the International Coaching Federation. She's a wife, and mother of two, and grew up in rural Alabama.

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FedUpward Podcast: https://fedupward.libsyn.com/

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In this episode, I speak with Kevin Oakes, the founder of the Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp). In addition, Kevin is a keynote speaker and authored the book Culture Renovation: 18 Leadership Actions to Build an Unshakable Company. In this conversation, Kevin shares his experience and I4CP research on how to create and sustain healthy organizational culture. In addition, he provides his thoughts on the five traits that create a learning culture.

Kevin Oakes is CEO and co-founder of the Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp), the world’s leading human capital research firm focusing on people practices that drive high performance. i4cp conducts more research in the field of HR than any other organization on the planet, highlighting next practices that organizations and HR executives should consider adopting.

Kevin is also the author of Culture Renovation®, an Amazon bestseller which debuted as the #1 new release in a dozen Amazon book categories. Drawing on data from one of the largest studies ever conducted on corporate culture, Culture Renovation™ details how high- performance organizations such as Microsoft, T-Mobile, 3M, AbbVie, Mastercard and many more have successfully changed organizational culture.

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I4CP Bio: https://www.i4cp.com/people/kevin-oakes

Culture Renovation: https://culturerenovation.com/

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