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Culture Rewrite
Four-time Chief People Officer, Oksana Lukash, reveals why the most dangerous decisions are made in a vacuum and how leaders can navigate high-stakes cultural rewrites without losing their best talent.
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Your Career Isn’t Broken
Think your career is off track? CHRO and author Tim Toterhi breaks down why it's not broken—and how the "power of yet" can help you reframe setbacks and move forward with clarity.
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Engineering a Culture You Can’t “Untaste”
Discover how a mechanical engineer turned entrepreneur proves that prioritizing people actually accelerates profit in the medical device industry. From "leadership training in disguise" to engineering daily habits, Zach Christensen, Co-Founder of Lifestyle Medical, reveals the exact systems he uses to build a team that thrives even when the boss is away.
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Building Mobrium: Married to My Co-Founder
Go behind the scenes with co-hosts Matt and Crista Vance as they reveal why a "no back door" policy is their secret to success for marriage and business. From raising five kids to home renovations, and building Mobrium, learn the unconventional boundary they use to keep their partnership intact.
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Stories your Employer Brand Forgot to Tell
Employer brand expert Ally Brown reveals why your employer branding must match the reality of the job—and how specific storytelling shifts can make your brand three times more trustworthy to top talent.
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Uncomfortable Leadership Questions
No corporate fluff in this episode. Listen to leadership expert Spencer Morris answer some of the hardest questions about leadership that no one likes to talk about—including exactly when to coach a struggling leader and when it’s time to let them go.
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Success Without Self-Betrayal
Some of your high achievers are struggling with an identity crisis. They may feel "internally bored" despite impressive achievements. Or maybe this is you. In this episode, Justine Burdette shares a provocative new way to overcome burnout and a real-time exercise that reveals exactly where you’re misaligned and what to do next.
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Culture on Camera
Wondering how to showcase your company culture online? Content strategist Chris Le’cand-Harwood shares why documentary-style storytelling beats job ads—and the first step to start this week.
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You got laid off. Now what?
Losing a job is a profound life transition that requires far more than just a polished resume to overcome. Giselle Damian, Senior Career Transition Coach at Keystone Partners shares how you can navigate the emotional roller coaster post-layoff and how to turn a career setback into a powerful opportunity for professional reinvention.
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Breaking the “Rush Cycle”: Building Talent Density
Stop settling for "fast" hires that fail and start building a high-performance culture by breaking the "AI vs. AI" recruitment loop. Discover how former army captain Josh Hill uses military-grade discovery tactics to replace the broken resume system with true talent density.
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Enter the Flow State
Discover the powerful secret to peak performance as Hollywood executive and successful entrepreneur Stephen Puri breaks down the science and methodology of achieving a true flow state.
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A Life Worth Imitating
Join us for a raw and transformative conversation with executive coach Mitchell Osmond on how high-performing men can reclaim their health, happiness, and home, even after hitting rock bottom.
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Time to check in: Wellness before winning
With a professional background in counseling, Justine Froelker shares her structure for checking in on your mental and emotional well-being as well as your team’s.
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Building Mobrium, Part 5: A company office and work-life balance lessons
In the ongoing journey of Matt and Crista’s building a tech start up, they share some key growth moments- opening the first Mobrium company office and hiring a talented Head of Sales leader. They also dive deep into personal stories of balancing life with 5 kids and growing their bootstrapped business.
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The New Mission: Turning Military Skills into Civilian Success
U.S. Veteran and sales expert, Zac Crane, left a stable job to pursue a deep-seated call to serve in the army. Now a Head of Sales at Mobrium, Zac shares why veterans are good hires and advice for veterans on continued learning to successfully bridge the gap between military discipline and the civilian job market.
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Tradition Meets Transformation: Japan’s Work Culture Evolution
Talent expert, Tom Kobayashi, helps Japanese workplaces adapt, balancing deep-rooted traditions like lifetime employment and group harmony with new demands for diversity and flexibility. Listen to the conversation for a roadmap to understanding Japan's evolving corporate culture.
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The Phish Whisperer: A New Approach to Cybersecurity
Tired of feeling "gotcha'd"? Craig Taylor is changing cybersecurity training from a punishment to a positive, gamified experience. His mission is to empower employees, not shame them, making everyone a stronger link against cyber threats.
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Remote, Hybrid, In-Office—Oh My!
With return to office mandates, diminishing remote work, and a growing appetite for hybrid, how do teams stay connected and engaged? Organizational strategist Michael Franco shares real life tips that lead to massive improvements in connection and productivity.
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Build Your Dream Team with Dream Hiring
In this in-depth episode, talent expert, Andrea Hoffer, shares her Dream Hire Framework—a five-stage process (Define, Reach, Engage, Assess, Motivate) for hiring and developing highly engaged and productive teams.
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Career Therapy: 11 Drivers to Happiness at Work
If your job feels like a bad relationship, this episode is your career therapy session! Join us as Renee Marchak, a career coach and HR expert, reveals the 11 engagement drivers that unlock individual happiness and team success.
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Decoding Motives that Drive Better Teamwork
Cary Prejean, Founder and CEO of Strategic Business Advisors, reveals how the Predictive Index Assessment can improve teams’ communication by uncovering individual motivation drivers.
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Change Management in Harmony: The CHORD Framework
Change is hard—but necessary to stay competitive. Ernest Davis walks us through the four stages of his CHORD framework to help leaders manage transitions smoothly while keeping teams aligned and engaged.
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What Makes a Culture Sticky?
Sean Glaze, Sticky Cultures Founder, shares the foundation and building blocks to having a workplace environment where team members stick to values and stick up for each other.
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Building Mobrium, Part 4: Expanding Feedback Features
Matt and Crista celebrate 50 episodes of The Culture Profit with some favorite memories from the show and share what they’ve been up to running their tech company, Mobrium.
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Manager Material: Built, Not Born
Can anyone learn to lead well? Jill Felska, Founder of Want To Work There, shares what traits the best leaders have in common and how you can improve as a manager.
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AI-Enabled Culture Strategy
Culture15 founder Charlie Coode reveals how technology, particularly AI, is revolutionizing the way organizations define, diagnose, and track their culture for tangible results.
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Protecting Culture Through Hyper-Growth
Parker Hansen, VP of People, shares the secret to balancing policy and autonomy to support hyper-growing safe software and devices company, Gabb.
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Crumbl’s Winning Culture Recipe
VP of Employee Experience at Crumbl, Josh Olofson, shares how he has mixed Crumbl’s values into every employee initiative for a winning company culture recipe.
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Taking Employer Branding Personally
Employer branding expert, Britta Blanski, teaches why sharing online is good for your career and your employer. Learn why your voice matters and how to empower employees to share theirs.
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Playing HR in the NFL
Recruiting for the Seattle Seahawk franchise, Brea Gulley reveals what it’s like working in HR for an NFL organization and shares actionable advice for working in the industry.
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EVENTful Culture: Employee Engagement is More than Party Planning
Purple’s Employee engagement specialist, Kourtney Hernandez, offers valuable insights into how to elevate company events through utilizing feedback, thinking outside the box, and getting buy-in from leadership.
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Poor Performance: It’s not you, it’s me
Professor and workplace consultant, Dr. Rob Lion, shares the biggest contributors to poor performance in the workplace and how to overcome them.
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Building Mobrium, Part 3 – Partner with the Lord
Mobrium co-founders and co-hosts of The Culture Profit Podcast, Matt and Crista Vance, open up about their Christian faith and share how it has shaped the development of their business.
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Purposeful Growth Benefits Life and Work
Hear from best-selling author and Founder of LEAF Growth Ventures, LLC, Mark Mears, how leaders are uniquely positioned to promote individual growth among team members.
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The Applicant Doesn’t Fall Far From The Tree
Steven J. Smith, Chief Hiring Expert at ApplicantPro, discusses the unique recruiting framework from his book “The Hiring Tree.” By focusing on the roots, trunk, and branches of the hiring process, organizations can attract and retain top talent.
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Creating a Winning Remote and Asynchronous Workplace
Kim Wilkes, head of talent attraction at Zapier, dives into their purposeful strategies for being a successful fully-remote coming from the get-go. With no resumes required to apply for jobs, a response to every application and dedicated care even to employees that are leaving the company.
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What would you rename the HR Department?
Hear some of Utah’s HR professionals rename their HR Departments along with some of the literal cheesiest jokes around!
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The Human Factor of Leadership
Does a title make a manager? Usually. But does a title make a leader? Not always. Hear from Kate Jones, Founder of Neon, the Leadership and Life Coaching consultancy company as she shares her Five C's of Deeply Human® Leadership framework.
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Employer Branding: Let your Employees “DoiT”
Rob Cummings the Global Employer Brand Specialist at DoiT, shares how they achieved a 4.6-star Glassdoor rating, then used those reviews to shape an authentic employer brand.
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A Unique Recipe for a Winning Employer Brand
James Ellis of Employer Brand Labs answers some of the toughest questions about attracting talent with a purposeful approach. Learn why it’s not about being the best and why it’s about appealing to job seekers that align with what makes you unique.
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The Psychology of Performance in the Workplace
What can people leaders in the corporate world learn from an Olympic-level sports psychologist? Dr. Amy Athey, Founder of Athey Performance shares advice for a holistic wellness approach that has helped professional athletes and business leaders maximize their performance.
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Do’s & Don’ts of Onboarding & Offboarding
Been ghosted by a new hire? Got blasted on Glassdoor after layoffs? Onboard and offboarding have big consequences for engagement and your balance sheet. Get it right with expert advice from Amy Davies, Founder of First30 and acclaimed author.
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Building Mobrium, Part 2 – Sales cure all ills
Mobrium finds market fit with confirmed interest among HR leaders and Brand Managers. Co-Hosts Matt R. Vance and Crista Vance share how their tech company secured the first batch of clients, and what they’re up to next.
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HR’s Seat at the Executive Table
Are you a figurehead people leader or do you actually have an acting seat at the executive table? Mindy Honcoop, founder at Agile in HR, shares how to identify the difference and what to do about it.
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Cracking the Well-being Code
John Starling, founder of Pietential, takes a holistic approach to measure employee well-being inspired by Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. Find out why measuring employee satisfaction may be insufficient and how a bigger picture approach can make a meaningful difference.
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What is the future of remote work?
In this episode of our “1-question and a joke” series, we traveled to Las Vegas Nevada where we interviewed HR pros and leaders attending the EPIC HR conference. We asked for opinions on the future remote work, and shared some classic #dadjokes.
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Forget Perks, Focus on Passion: The Secret to a Happy and Productive Workforce
Joe Morrison, Head of People at the European Medical Journal, shares his unique approach to employee value proposition (EVP). Get his secret recipe for understanding individual career motives and focusing on them at scale for a happier and more productive workforce.
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Beyond Glassdoor: How InHerSight is Revolutionizing Workplace Transparency for Women
Co-Founder and CEO of InHerSight, Ursula Mead, unveils the secrets to creating a woman-friendly workplace. Hear why she founded the female-focused employer review platform, how it is different from Glassdoor and research about what females want most from their employment in 2024.
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2024 Workplace Trends
CMO of The Arbinger Institute, Lisa Sharapata, highlights the top 5 workplace trends every HR leader and executive should know in 2024.
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Why’d you quit? Anonymous Employee Interviews
5 anonymous employees from 5 companies share openly why they quit and what the company could have done differently to keep them engaged and profitably productive. With SHRM now estimating the cost of replacing an employee at $4,700 this is a don’t miss episode for CFOs and people leaders alike.
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Is Employer Branding Marketing or HR?
Matt Palmer, a seasoned marketer now embedded in HR at Heartland, 5,000 team fintech company, explains what Employer Branding is, who owns the function and how to create a profit-positive program.
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What’s an Employer Value Proposition?
Joining us from Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Rachel Duran, Head of Global Employer Brand and Recruitment Marketing, debunks the difference between an “Employer Value Proposition” and the status quo term “Employee Value Proposition”. Hear all about HPE’s new campaign #RedefineWhatsNext and how they’re leading the way in attracting, retaining and developing top talent.
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Building Mobrium, Part 1 – Our story of founding a tech company
While not hosting The Culture Profit, what are hosts Matt R. Vance and Crista Vance up to? In this episode, hear our unedited story of co-founding a tech company as husband and wife with 5 children ages 8 and younger. This special episode is part of a raw and ongoing founding story of Mobrium.
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When Crisis Strikes
A workplace crisis can take many forms: Natural disasters, civil unrest, suicide and more. Prepare before the storm. People leaders should react with empathy, organization and teamwork. After all, preparing for a crisis is not a question of “if”. It is a question of “when”.
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Beyond FMLA: How to Support Mothers & Fathers Before and After Birth or Adoption of a Child
What is FMLA? What is the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA)? How can employers support parents, especially birthing mothers, before and after welcoming a baby into their family? Two talented HR pros and mothers, Kristina Peterson and Mickelle Anderson weigh in with personal experience and professional advice.
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What is culture fit?
How do you know if you “fit” with your organization’s culture and individual role? Why should companies hire for culture “fit”? Hear this and more from Aoife O'Brien, Host of the Happier at Work podcast®.
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Which came first— Career Success or Happiness?
Does career success lead to happiness, or is it the other way around? What behaviors have philosophy, religion and modern science proven lead to happiness? Author of One People One Planet Michael Glauser shares the winning recipe for happiness and how it can be applied in the workplace.
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Creating Culture Change in Large Organizations
Is positive culture change possible in large organizations? How do you navigate bureaucracy and win executive leadership buy-in for new initiatives? Hear the success story of UVU’s value-based culture enhancements from the HR pro leading the way.
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Teamwork On and Off the Field
What advice does an NFL superbowl champion have for corporate America? How can leaders help team members fit in and then buy in to a unified goal? Legendary running-back, Robert (Turbo) Turbin weighs in with his own life lessons.
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The Hiring Paradox: Don’t Offend the Rejected
While job postings attract thousands of applicants, how do you find the right candidate without creating haters as a bi-product? A Sr. Recruiter now 6-months into the job-search tells us how.
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How Would You Define “Company Culture” to a 5-Year-Old?
We interviewed 20 HR pros at Utah’s largest HR conference and asked them one question: “How would you define company culture to a 5-year-old?” See what they had to say.
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Meet your Hosts: Matt & Crista Vance
Hear why we started The Culture Profit, get to know your hosts, and make suggestions for the show.
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What’s in a gift? Understanding the ROI behind employee rewards and recognition
When does an employee gift transform to measurable impact? How can gifts be used to reinforce company values? What Gifted company value was created from life-changing advice?
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People Operations > Human Resources
What’s the difference between modern-day People Operations and Traditional HR? How can you lead an HR transformation in your organization?
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Blazing the Trail: Leading HR at Age 23
Looking for advice to start your career in HR? Wondering what HR is really like? At age 23, Cristian shares advice, how to handle resistance to change, new hires quitting and more.
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It’s Personal: Workplace Wellbeing Starts with Trusting Relationships
Individually, we need more than just job-specific skills to succeed. Nutrition, mental and emotional stability and trust from leaders are key. But how do you support team members individually at scale?
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Warning, leaders: You can’t control culture. But you can influence it.
As a leader, you have influence on the employee journey of each team member. But there are many things you can’t control. Knowing the difference and reacting proactively shapes culture positively.
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Is Company Culture Remotely Possible?
Elon Musk labels remote work as “morally wrong,” yet workers continue ditching the office scene. How does a remote-first culture impact business? Is working remotely right for you?
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The Vacation Effect: How Better Time Off Results In Better Time On
Post-COVID, why are Americans only using 45% of allotted PTO? How does employee vacation time impact profitability? What should you do to make the most of your next vacation?
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Intentionally Shaping Company Culture After an Acquisition
How do you merge company culture after an acquisition? What do you intentionally change, and what do you intentionally leave the same?
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How Can Marketing and HR Intersect Strategically?
Discover how marketing and HR can become highly compatible departments and establish overlapping objectives and goals.
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Curbing leadership inbreeding with intentional training plans
Learn how intentional leadership training unites management styles and diverse career experiences around shared company values.
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