The Culture Catalyst with Stephanie Bown

The Culture Catalyst with Stephanie Bown

Hosted by: Stephanie Bown

Welcome to the Culture Catalyst, a fortnightly podcast with me, Stephanie Bown, a high-performance coach. Since I was 14, I've been obsessed with positive psychology and human behaviour, which has led me on an...

Episodes

Chapter 13: Introducing the Culture System

Season #1 Episode #13

In high-performing cultures, everyone brings their A-game. People challenge each other, speak up, and no one is above the culture, not even the founders or CEO.Ā  These workplaces use ā€˜The Culture System’ to create a...
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Chapter 12: The power of culture

Season #1 Episode #12

Culture drives engagement and ignites passion for your purpose. High-performance companies prioritise culture by putting their people first, and building their businesses around talent. Research shows that a healthy,...
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Chapter 11: Where leaders often go wrong

Season #1 Episode #11

By fully embracing The Leadership System, leaders arm themselves with the tools to avoid the common traps that other leaders fall into. I’ve observed these pitfalls and even experienced them myself through the...
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Chapter 10: Have powerful conversations

Season #1 Episode #10

Having the right conversations in the right way and at the right time is a learned skill. This chapter provides leaders with all the tools they need to nail these conversations and help employees and their businesses...
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Chapter 9: Become a talent activator and amplifier

Season #1 Episode #9

Coaching closes the loop in our leadership system. If we successfully set standards for performance and give feedback on how we are tracking, coaching is the key lever that supports people to lift or sustain...
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Chapter 8: Using feedback to boost performance + Q&A

Season #1 Episode #8

Feedback is essential to performance. Without it, we are flying blind. We’ve all heard the saying that ā€˜no news is good news’, but when it comes to inspiring high performance, it’s just not true. In high-performance...
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Chapter 7: The importance of clear standards

Season #1 Episode #7

Setting standards is about being clear on the outcomes for performance; but not being prescriptive about how to get there. It’s about pointing the direction you want people to go; but letting the navigate their own...
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Chapter 6: Introducing the leadership system

Season #1 Episode #6

The Leadership System is a perpetual process of building capability in your people and inspiring high performance in the service of the organisation’s purpose. The system is a series of deceptively simple behavioural...
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Chapter 5: The multiplying effect of good leadership

Season #1 Episode #5

Leaders hire people. Leaders develop people. Leaders connect people to purpose and broker the opportunities and experiences that develop critical job skills. Helping leaders understand their role in setting clear...
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Chapter 4: Introducing the high-performance system

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To thrive in a VUCA (volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity) world, we need to build organisations that are adaptive and resilient; shaped on high-performance. To measure high-performance systems, they are...
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Chapter 3: How good systems amplify performance

Season #1 Episode #3

In connected systems, all parts of the system are interconnected. Individuals have clarity on goals, roles and responsibilities, and how all the parts work together.Ā  People are enabled to bring their energy to their...
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Chapter 2: Understanding systems

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A human cell is a perfect open system. Its basic function is to take nutrients from food, convert those nutrients into energy, and export transformed energy back into the body. It achieves a steady state by...
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