Uncover the Human

Episodes

Aug. 3, 2022

Building a Culture That Gets Better Results with Lyn Wineman

How can we lead our organizations into a better future? By taking care of the people who will help you get there! Our latest guest Lyn Wineman leads with curiosity, purpose, and enthusiasm. In an impactful conversation about ...

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June 1, 2022

Programming Note - Summer Break

We are taking a summer break and will be back in August with new exciting guests and fun conversations. In the meantime, you can catch up with any of our episodes on your favorite Podcast platform. Thank you for your supp...

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May 25, 2022

Be The Change: New Ways to Network with Kristin McGinnis

There are many traditional business practices that could use some modernization, and business networking is one of them. Thanks to the work of professionals like our latest guest Kristin McGinnis, the days of small talk and e...

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May 18, 2022

Express Yourself! Emotional Regulation with Alex and Cristina

Emotions are part of being human. We can't avoid them entirely, but we can learn how to manage our emotions and work with them. Every strong emotion we experience is a chance to learn more about ourselves and how we show up i...

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May 11, 2022

Getting Serious With Your Business Relationships with JC Quintana

In business and in life, relationships are part of our identity — They influence our culture and social norms, they can impact our our growth, and they contribute to our success. In our latest episode of Uncover The Human, we...

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May 4, 2022

Anxiousness, Doubt, and Discomfort, Oh My! Overcoming Presentation An…

In another insightful episode of Uncover The Human, hosts Cristina and Alex recount their experience speaking at the 2022 KAMCon Conference in Colorado. Despite anxious feelings and nerves creeping up in the hours leading up ...

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April 27, 2022

How Education Systems (Don't) Prepare Us for Work with Uma Gopaldass

From our primary education to Corporate America, we're taught that our success and our worth can be measured. We go from tests to assessments, and we're assigned numbers and results that put us into boxes. In those boxes, the...

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April 20, 2022

Inspiration, Influence, and Impact: Redefining Mentorship with Scott …

Mentorship can be so much more than a formal professional relationship with a C-Suite executive at our company. Mentors are all around us. They are the people who inspire, influence, and impact us. In a truly inspiring, infl...

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April 13, 2022

Get Curious! Busting Biases and Assumptions with Amanda Gulino

Our latest guest, Amanda Gulino, is on a mission to make Mondays better for everyone. Through awareness and curiosity, Amanda teaches us to avoid assumptions, bust our own biases, and learn from others who we may not agree wi...

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April 6, 2022

Job Reset: Building a Better Relationship to Your Work with Taylor Sh…

What happens when we start disliking our job? The answer isn't always to jump ship. With a little help from our latest guest Taylor Short, you can change your relationship to the ship and discover ways to find fulfillment in ...

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March 30, 2022

How Mindfulness Can Make Us Better Leaders with Cristina and Alex

Mindfulness isn't just about meditating every morning - it's about experiencing the present moment fully. It is a practice of being fully present and aware, and accepting where you are at in the present moment without judgeme...

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March 23, 2022

How are you really feeling? Overcoming Meta-Feelings with Cristina an…

Have you ever found yourself getting upset about something, then felt upset with yourself for being upset? This is a meta-feeling: how you feel about the feelings you're experiencing. In our latest judgment-free episode of Un...

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March 16, 2022

Serve Your Audience! Becoming a Better Speaker with Meridith Grundei

When was the last time you were tricked into doing acting exercises? Meridith Grundei's work as a Public Speaking and Presentation Skills Coach teaches us to show up, be present, and own a space. Her applied improvisational m...

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March 9, 2022

Relationships are the Foundation: Social and Emotional Learning with …

What do middle schools and corporations have in common? This may sound like the setup for a joke, but there's a lot to learn from our latest guest, middle school teacher and life coach Justin Oberndorf. As an ex-corporate emp...

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March 2, 2022

Creating Belonging & Community in the Workplace with Susan Sanders & …

Welcome back to Part 2 of our inspiring conversation with Susan Sanders and Rae English. Human first, employee second. This is the approach that our guests Susan and Rae take in their work: Improve the employee experience t...

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Feb. 23, 2022

Creating Belonging & Community in the Workplace with Susan Sanders & …

Human first, employee second. This is the approach that our guests Susan Sanders and Rae English take in their work: Improve the employee experience to build better organizations. Susan and Rae are on a mission to create spac...

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Feb. 16, 2022

Identity vs. Skillset: You Are Not Your Job Title!

If a stranger asks you to tell them about yourself, where do you start? The majority of us would say "I am _____" and fill in the blank with: a coach, or a lawyer, or a CTO, or a therapist, or a mother. But those identities a...

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Feb. 9, 2022

Finding Your Purpose with Rick Harrigan

Rick Harrigan, certified Life Purpose Coach, joins Cristina and Alex on Uncover the Human this week. They discuss how removing external validation and listening to your inner voice is crucial in finding yourself and your life...

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Feb. 2, 2022

Thinking Differently about Leadership with Gail & Bruce Montgomery

Cristina and Alex interview authors of The Improv Mindset: Change Your Brain. Change Your Business, Gail & Bruce Montgomery on their latest book: CHANGE! A Leader's Guide to Fixing SH*T. This episode discusses leadership and ...

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Jan. 26, 2022

Redefining Success

Everyone wants to be successful. Does that mean having $1,000,000, obtaining your dream job, or buying your dream house? Cristina and Alex offer a different perspective than the material success we've been conditioned to beli...

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Jan. 19, 2022

Why People Ghost & How We Can Understand It

Why do we ghost and get ghosted? From the corporate world to intimate relationships, Cristina and Alex discuss what it means to ghost someone from two perspectives: the person who doesn't like to respond and the person who fe...

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Jan. 12, 2022

Burnout During The Holidays & Beyond

At the beginning of December 2021 we hosted our first roundtable discussion on "Burnout during the Holidays and Beyond". We had an insightful and rich conversation with our panelists and guests, so we decided to share it on ...

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Jan. 5, 2022

Connecting with Anne Catherine Nielsen on Recreating the World of Work

Anne Catherine Nielsen joins this week to discuss the "new normal," and how we can all bring humanity into the workplace to benefit the humans and the bottom line at the same time using experience from her ongoing work with t...

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Dec. 29, 2021

Connecting with Kelli Oberndorf on Breaking Down Silos

This week we have a wonderful conversation with Kelli Oberndorf on how to connect different silos. As very commonly experienced, silos are widely present in organizations, despite the awareness that they cause deep gaps inter...

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