• People – Always First – for first class organizations
    Mar 5 2020

    Join the first Human Resources Professional for Mustang Engineering as she discusses her (HUGE!) role in transferring a great business culture internationally at Mustang. She also explains how she took the great culture to other Companies. She believes that a truly unique, intentional culture will drive employee happiness as well as drive higher profits. In this podcast – Sharon talks about how everyone plays a role in culture, how to transfer a great culture to other organizations and, finally, the cost of a great (and terrible) culture!

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    27 mins
  • Its All About People – a chat with world class CHRO Sharon Paul
    Mar 3 2020

    If you are an HR professional seeking guidance and a seasoned voice to help your organization identify, develop and measure an intentional culture – these two podcasts with HR Guru Sharon Paul is for you! Sharon was Mustang’s first executive HR leader at Mustang and she joins Forbes Books Author, Billion dollar entrepreneur and speaker as they explain and share some great examples of creating your culture – new hire breakfasts, written communication and holding on to your best talent.

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    25 mins
  • Culture by Design – not Default with Adam Witty – Part 2
    Feb 27 2020

    Intentional culture drives excellent returns – for people, teams, organizations and profits! This is the second of the podcast series with Bill Higgs, Billion dollar entrepreneur and Forbes Book Author, and Adam Witty, Entrepreneur, Publisher and Author. If you are looking for unique ways to reward and incent your Team to be more productive, engaged and on-fire, these two entrepreneurs talk about the power of daily planning, silo busting and rewarding the very culture you seek to build. Adam’s personal brand around growing people to create scale and leverage in any business will inspire individuals, teams and leaders to greatness.

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    29 mins
  • Culture into the Publishing Industry with Adam Witty (Part 1)
    Feb 26 2020

    Join two entrepreneurs, founders and authors as they discuss the importance of connections, the repeatable process and tenacity in identifying and building an intentional culture. Listen to how they created global organizations that changed the face of Publishing (Adam Witty – founder of Forbes Books and publisher) as well as the Engineering industry (with Host Bill Higgs, founder of Mustang Engineering and Forbes Books Author of Culture Code Champions – 7 Steps to Scale and Succeed in Your Business). In this session you will hear how building a winning culture will improve start up success, define your unique differentiator and deliver exceptional financial outcomes. Stay tuned for the second part of this podcast in the next episode.

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    22 mins
  • Part 2 of Chris Dyer – Giving Back and Quick Adds to drive your intentional culture
    Feb 20 2020

    This is our second and final podcast with Culture guru Chris Dyer, Founder of G2, Best selling Author and Inc Magazine’s #1 Leadership speaker discusses his passion on giving back (Step 7). Chris and Bill Higgs, Forbes Books author of Culture Code Champions, discuss the power of intentionally using unique phrases like “Making Heros” or “Hack-a-thon” to propel your intentional culture on a daily basis. This podcast will finally shed light on what mistakes successful people do that may be holding them back from great-ness!

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    19 mins
  • People First Leadership with Chris Dyer
    Feb 18 2020

    In this first of a two part episode, host Bill Higgs talks with the Founder and CEO of PeopleG2, Chris Dyer. Chris is Inc. Magazine’s 2020 #1 Leadership Speaker with a focus on culture. PeopleG2 is a leading human capital due diligence service provider leveraging proprietary processes and tools to serve clients’ risk management needs and support their most strategic people-related decisions. Chris and Bill will debunk the traditional thinking of crawl/walk /run. Chris talks about prioritizing culture initiatives like transparency and embracing mistakes. If you are truly interested in building a culture of right-first-time and maximizing your bottom line – this is a must listen.

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    18 mins
  • 27 – CCC meets with Barefoot Wine Founders on practical improvements to employee engagement
    Feb 13 2020

    Great cultures start with a vision that is shared with every employee and every experience! This will drive higher productivity, greater job satisfaction, positive momentum in your communities and best in class profits. In this episode, Culture Code Champions author Bill Higgs is joined for the second time with Barefoot Wines founders Michael Houlihan and Bonnie Harvey. Authors of the New York Times bestseller, The Barefoot Spirit, Bonnie and Michael discuss how to grow and maintain the entrepreneurial spirit and how they have capitalized on the newest communication tool, Audio Theatre, to engage all new hires – even after they have sold the business to E&J Gallo.

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    17 mins
  • Onboarding and the Importance of Sales with founders of Barefoot Wines – Part 1
    Feb 11 2020

    Culture Code Champions exist at all companies! Bill Higgs, Forbes Book Author and $1B entrepreneur, speaks with the two founders of the iconic Barefoot Wine brand (eventually acquired by E&J Gallo), Michael Houlihan and Bonnie Harvey. In this first of a two-part series, Michael and Bonnie share their unique Money Map in the onboarding of all employees understand their role in the Company’s success. Bonnie and Michael underscore the importance of the Culture Code Champion Steps 5 and 6 (Sell While the Shop is Full and Continuously Recruit Top Talent). If you are seeking unique, impactful and tested methods to retain great talent and support your sales team – this is for you!

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    16 mins