Detoxifying the Workplace (Starts with Cleaning Up Your Mindset) with Julie Bartkus
Dr. Nathan Regier welcomes Julie Bartkus to today’s episode, she is an award-winning business owner, internationally known speaker, coach, and best-selling author. For more than 20 years she has been helping leaders across the globe experience a workplace detox so they can cultivate a more harmonious workplace culture that leads to higher productivity, staff retention, and profits. Julie has overcome several significant challenges in her life and in a pivotal moment she realized that she had to detox and begin thinking new thoughts, her mindset became a powerhouse that not only lifted far beyond what she thought possible in her life, but she also began a career of helping others do the same. In today’s episode, Julie shares her unique definition of leadership: Doing what you love through other people. She shares her more formative leadership experiences, as well as the major transformation she assisted as a coach. Julie dives deep into mindset transformation and emphasizes the power of awareness as the beginning of any significant change. Julie shares the most common things that demotivate employees and tips to begin detoxing your workplace. Key Takeaways: [2:50] Julie talks about the great resignation. [3:50] Julie speaks about how she got into helping teams and cultures. [7:30] Leaders do what they love but through other people [8:14] What are some of the aspects that stand up from her best bosses? [11:54] Julie shares the most outstanding transformations she helped facilitate with her work. [14:35] How connected is the leader feeling with the organization’s vision? [16:00] Julie shares another big transformation she experienced. [17:20] The problem of staff retention can be a result of the leader’s connection to the organization’s vision, and not only a consequence of the current market conditions. [18:29] What is Workplace Detox about? [19:57] What do we need to take away from the workplace to make it exciting and fun again? [24:28] Was there a thought that Julie stopped thinking in particular and as a result triggered a significant change in her life? [28:40] Everything starts with having awareness. [30:22] What are the most common things leaders do that demotivate people? [34:19] Julie talks about communication gaps. [36:30] Julie shares quick tips to detox the workplace. [38:08] What is Julie currently passionate about? [41:24] Nate shares his key takeaways from an amazing conversation with Julie Bartkus. Mentioned in this episode: The Compassion Mindset JulieBartkus.com Click to Read Full Transcript Tweetables: “Many leaders do not know what is the right and wrong thing to say and how to cultivate a positive atmosphere towards the organization’s mission.” #oncompassion “The leader needs to feel connected with the overall vision of the organization.” #oncompassion “The problem of staff retention can be a result of the leader’s connection to the organization’s vision and not only a consequence of the current market conditions.” #oncompassion “What thoughts do you need to stop thinking so you can achieve different results in you life personally and professionally?” #oncompassion