Starting off 2026 strong, it's episode 65 of Leadership Kung Fu!

Join Sandi and Jen in this new year as they revisit the topic of strategy in the workplace and how to get it unstuck from your meeting slide deck and out in action in your workforce. Listen along as they discuss:

• Strategy to action
• How strategies from Q4 are looking in Q1
• Personal anecdotes
• The importance of your "No" list
• Facing the fears of "what if"
• Real risk vs. risks we THINK are real
• What strategy is and is not
• Operationalizing
• How alignment is an ongoing conversation
• What happens when everything is deemed important
• What each level of leadership needs to do with the strategy from the top
• The importance of choosing the right words
• Strategy upkeep and metrics
• How strategy can die and what happens if it does
• The effect of run-time on strategy
• The 5 take-aways of strategy

and more!

Thank you so much for listening! If you like what you hear, leave us a review on your favorite podcast platform, and make sure to check out the video over on the Leadership Kung Fu Youtube Channel!
Connect with Jen on LinkedIn and visit her website Own Up!®
Connect with Sandi on LinkedIn and visit her website Satori Consulting, Inc!

Have a comment, question, or topic for Sandi and Jen? Email us at podcast@own-up.com or leave us a comment on LinkedIn. If you like what you hear, leave us a review on your favorite listening platform!

Start making plans, episode 64 of Leadership Kung Fu is here!

Jen and Sandi are thinking about the future on today's episode and discussing workplace succession plans! What happens when your CEO has a medical event? Can someone easily take over if your manager has a family emergency? Who steps in when retirements are announced? Join Sandi and Jen as they cover how you and your team can think ahead as well as:

• Succession success rate statistics
• Where you should start planning and who can do what in the planning process
• How strategy is involved
• The role bias plays
• Where training comes in and types
• The benefits of assessments in leadership
• PXT Select®
• What Future Fit means
• PrinciplesYou and EverythingDiSC®
• What defining potential entails
• What should be on your succession checklist
• Red Teaming: How Your Team Can Conquer the Competition by Challenging Everything by Bryce G. Hoffman

and more!

Thank you so much for listening! If you like what you hear, leave us a review on your favorite podcast platform, and make sure to check out the video over on the Leadership Kung Fu Youtube Channel!
Connect with Jen on LinkedIn and visit her website Own Up!®
Connect with Sandi on LinkedIn and visit her website Satori Consulting, Inc!

Have a comment, question, or topic for Sandi and Jen? Email us at podcast@own-up.com or leave us a comment on LinkedIn. If you like what you hear, leave us a review on your favorite listening platform!

Our actions have aligned to bring you Episode 63 of Leadership Kung Fu!
Join Sandi and Jen as they excitedly tackle the topic of aligned action and how your teams' strategies can hinge upon it. Dive in with them as they cover:

• What gets in the way of aligned action
• Fragmented ownership
• Working in silos vs. moving forward collectively
• Decisions vs. feedback
• Where incentives knock you out of alignment
• Dashboards
• Fighting stagnant policies/standards
• The curse of unwillingness
• Leadership drift
• Giving strategy a chance to breathe
• Buy-in vs. agreement
• Movement based on workplace agility
• Chance of success based on aligned action

and much more!

Thank you so much for listening! If you like what you hear, leave us a review on your favorite podcast platform, and make sure to check out the video cast under the "Videos" tab!
Connect with Jen on LinkedIn and visit her website Own Up!®
Connect with Sandi on LinkedIn and visit her website Satori Consulting, Inc!

Have a comment, question, or topic for Sandi and Jen? Email us at podcast@own-up.com or leave us a comment on LinkedIn. If you like what you hear, leave us a review on your favorite listening platform!