Episodes
41
Latest episode
Jun 2025
Language
EN
Welcome to “Be Fabulous..... with Vips and Vicki”. The ThinqShift podcast for professionals who aspire to be fabulous leaders. Those who not only succeed but also purposefully seek to reinvent the world.
In this episode 1. View strategy from a new perspective, no matter where you sit in the organization 2. Learn about the big stressors each group faces 3. Avoid common pitfalls by addressing key challenges before they become roadblocks Join us for this enlightening conversation that will leave you thinking about strategy in a whole new way. Until next time, Be Fabulous!
1. The Hidden Costs of Transparency: Discover how radical transparency can lead to employee stress, anxiety, and even burnout, challenging the notion that more openness is always better. 2. When Transparency Backfires: Real-world case studies where transparency initiatives created confusion, resentment, and competitive disadvantages, offering a fresh perspective on the complexity of openness. 3. Balancing Act: Learn practical strategies to balance transparency with confidentiality, maintaining trust while protecting sensitive information and fostering a healthy work environment.
In This Episode 1. The Hidden Complexity of Fairness: Why it’s such a loaded topic and often avoided in leadership conversations. 2. Why Fairness is Never Fully Achievable: Leaders face the impossible task of meeting everyone’s definition of fairness without creating backlash. 3. Fairness through the lens of Whole Brain Thinking: The fabulous way to think about fairness. Until next time, Be Fabulous!
In this episode “Siloed Success or Collective Failure?”: Uncover the hidden dangers of focusing solely on your department’s goals and why it might be holding your entire organization back. “Leadership Beyond the Silo”: Discover why true leadership requires more than just managing your own responsibilities—it’s about driving the collective success of the whole team. “The Paradox of Collective Responsibility”: Explore the fine line between shared accountability and individual success, and how to master the balance in your leadership role. Until next time, Be Fabulous!
In this episode 1. Kindness vs High Performance: is it a trade-off or something deeper 2. External factors that are often not considered 3. The 3 lenses: employee, leader and CEO
In this episode 1. What changing your environment, even slightly, does for your perspective. 2. What we actually need goes back to our 4 basic needs. 3. Considerations to keep perspective even when the world around seems to be going mad.
In this episode 1. The dark side of entrepreneurship 2. The phenomena of wannapreneur 3. Considerations to decide if you’re all in Until next time, Be Fabulous!
In this episode 1. What happens when you’re promoted too soon 2. As a manager, what type of conversation should you have with someone who has been promoted 3. Is the role even right for you? We’ll share the sweet spot of what to look for Until next time, Be Fabulous!
In this episode 1. The Short Term: how to wrap your head around AI over the next 1-3 years 2. Where our value has typically come from and who should be worried 3. What can you start to do now so that you’ll continue to be valuable Until next time, Be Fabulous!
In this episode 1. What we learned during Covid : the employee and employer perspective of working remotely. 2. The longer-term financial and career implications of continuing to work remotely as well as the impact for leaders and the world. 3. What should organizations do: the consequences of differentiating, standardizing or something in between.
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Matt East
Sean Smith, Mike Mella, & Amanda Lutz
Payments Consulting Network
Phil McKinney
