The Culture Catalyst with Stephanie Bown

By: Stephanie Bown
  • Summary

  • Welcome to the Culture Catalyst, a fortnightly podcast with me, Stephanie Bown, a high-performance coach. Since I was 14, I've been obsessed with positive psychology and human behaviour, which has led me on an insightful professional journey, partnering with some of Australia's leading entrepreneurs, CEOs and boards and international clients across Europe and North America. I am deeply curious about the capacity of humans to come together in small groups and make a difference by exploring the bonds that tie and the moments that break.
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Episodes
  • Chapter 25: Bringing it all together
    Jun 3 2024

    When we bring together the systems for leadership, culture and strategy, we see a mega-ladder of high performance where all systems are interconnected. This is where we see the high-performance system producing remarkable results.

    This brings us to the last episode of Culture Catalyst, driven by my book ‘Purpose, Passion and Performance’. Thank you for tuning in, it’s been an awesome ride whether you’ve listened to every episode or this is your first time.


    What to expect in this episode:

    (03:57): How to turn your leaders from hostile to inspiring.

    (06:12): The #1 way to measure the diagnostics of your culture.

    (13:03): Real-life example of a company that thrived from a restructure because they focused on culture.


    To download the entire audiobook, ‘Purpose, Passion and Performance’, get your copy here - https://tinyurl.com/2d2krd8y


    For all other resources:

    🎙️ Podcast resources - https://stephaniebown.com/podcast/

    📢 Book Steph to speak - https://stephaniebown.com/conference-speaker/

    🖊️ Check out my upcoming leadership events - https://stephaniebown.com/events/

    🎵 Music by Slip.stream - Alleyoop | Take It On | I’M Holding On

    📱 Follow Steph on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephaniebown1/


    Support the podcast by leaving a review or rating on your favourite podcast platform. It really does help us!

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    19 mins
  • Chapter 24: Where strategy often goes wrong
    May 21 2024

    There are three main reasons why organisations fail to extract full value from their strategy creation to strategy execution process:

    1. We fail to align on a single source of the truth.
    2. We don’t place enough emphasis on strategy execution.
    3. We get lost in translation.

    Strategy creation is not a passive delegation process. It is an active participation process that happens at every level in an organisation in order to breed success for every individual.


    What to expect in this episode:

    (06:40): Why your strategy might be failing.

    (10:06): Is your strategy getting lost in translation?

    (12:00): How to prevent losing sight of the purpose when there’s so much focus on goals and measures of success.


    To download the entire audiobook, ‘Purpose, Passion and Performance’, get your copy here - https://tinyurl.com/2d2krd8y


    If you want Steph to answer your question in an upcoming Q&A episode, DM Steph or use this form - https://forms.gle/BFDxwyem9zZXCbih8


    For all other resources:

    🎙️ Podcast resources - https://stephaniebown.com/podcast/

    📢 Book Steph to speak - https://stephaniebown.com/conference-speaker/

    🖊️ Check out my upcoming leadership events - https://stephaniebown.com/events/

    🎵 Music by Slip.stream - Alleyoop | Take It On | I’M Holding On

    📱 Follow Steph on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephaniebown1/


    My essential reading list:

    📕‘The Balanced Scorecard’ by Kaplan by Robert S. Kaplan, David P. Norton - https://www.amazon.com/Balanced-Scorecard-Translating-Strategy-Action/dp/0875846513

    📕 ‘Scaling Up’ by Harnish Verne - https://www.amazon.com.au/Scaling-Up-Build-Meaningful-Business/dp/0986019526

    📕 ‘Strategy Execution Heroes’ by Jeroen De Flander - https://www.amazon.com.au/Strategy-Execution-Heroes-Jeroen-Flander/dp/9081487310

    📕 ‘Good to Great’ by Jim Collins - https://www.amazon.com.au/Good-Great-Some-Companies-Others/dp/0066620996

    📕 ‘Traction’ by Gino Wickman - https://www.amazon.com.au/Traction-Get-Grip-Your-Business/dp/1936661837

    📕 ‘Prove It!’ by Stacey Barr - https://www.amazon.com.au/Create-High-performance-Culture-Measurable-Success/dp/0730336220


    Support the podcast by leaving a review or rating on your favourite podcast platform. It really does help us!

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    18 mins
  • Chapter 23: Evaluate and review
    May 6 2024

    Fostering a culture of openness and transparency means regularly evaluating and reviewing performance.

    People leaders provide clarity and alignment by setting goals and KPIs during performance reviews and Team Plan workshops. These are revisited in regular forums to evaluate progress, celebrate wins and reflect on lessons learned along the way.

    Regular evaluation and review forums create context, meaning and connection to your company’s purpose, values and vision. They create a cadence around which all work activities revolve and help teams remain not just accountable, but motivated, because they are times when we actively observe progress and experience a sense of achievement.


    What to expect in this episode:

    (07:35): How to effectively evaluate and review performance.

    (10:11): What can happen at an annual leave if there’s criticism?

    (16:53): Where CEOs need to be heavily involved.


    To download the entire audiobook, ‘Purpose, Passion and Performance’, get your copy here - https://tinyurl.com/2d2krd8y


    If you want Steph to answer your question in an upcoming Q&A episode, DM Steph or use this form - https://forms.gle/BFDxwyem9zZXCbih8


    For all other resources:

    🎙️ Podcast resources - https://stephaniebown.com/podcast/

    📢 Book Steph to speak - https://stephaniebown.com/conference-speaker/

    🖊️ Check out my upcoming leadership events - https://stephaniebown.com/events/

    🎵 Music by Slip.stream - Alleyoop | Take It On | I’M Holding On

    📱 Follow Steph on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephaniebown1/

    📕 What I’m reading this week - ‘THidden Potential’ by Adam Grant - https://www.amazon.com.au/Hidden-Potential-Science-Achieving-Greater/dp/0753560054


    Support the podcast by leaving a review or rating on your favourite podcast platform. It really does help us!

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    22 mins

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