Being Human Is Good For Business Leaders

This episode of the Being Human is Good For Business podcast is an encore show for September 2021...

In this episode of the Being Human is Good For Business Podcast, Trilogy Effect partners Heather Marasse, Wendy Appel and Mary Beth Sawicki discuss listening skills as a ‘superpower’ and explain how learning to listen generously can transform a good leader into a truly great one. 

“Like everyone who is lucky enough to have their sens...

Author Gerald Leonard joins Heather Marasse and Mary Beth Sawicki of Trilogy Effect in this episode of the Being Human Is Good for Business podcast to discuss his new book Workplace Jazz: How To IMPROVISE – 9 steps to Creating High-Performing Agile Project Teams. 

A conservatory-trained professional bassist, Gerald offers a unique approach to accomplishing more in the workplace. He is the CEO of Principles of Execution, a Certified ...

What do Richard Branson, Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg all have in common?  Not only have they lead some of the world’s biggest and best-known companies, but they also all present themselves as people who are intellectually curious, insightful, and even visionary.   

Trilogy Effect’s work is grounded in the Enneagram, a framework through which people can become aware of their own automatic patterns of seeing and reacting to the wor...

Have you ever put your success down to a lucky break? Or it’s just because you know people in high places? Or even, somebody somewhere made a mistake that’s landed you with a new opportunity? 

If so, you may be suffering from Imposter Syndrome. It’s that niggling feeling of inadequacy or self doubt you get when you feel you might be out of your depth, despite other people having confidence in you. 

It’s a common problem. The Internat...

In this episode of the Being Human is Good For Business Podcast, we learn about leaders who rely on their hearts to guide them. 

This group includes Enneagram Types 2, 3 and 4, all of whom tend to have attention seeking motivations, according to Trilogy Effect Partner Mary Beth Sawicki.

She explains, “Known as heart-centered or feeling-centered, these leaders want to be seen the way they want to be seen. In a business context these a...

This episode was originally published almost two year ago and holds many lessons for those among us who tend to make decisions based on our gut feelings.  

In this episode of the Being Human is Good for Business Podcast, we discuss Enneagram Types within the instinctive center, also known as the belly or gut center. These the leaders have a strong to their “gut feelings”.  While it can be advantageous, it comes with distinct challen...

This episode of the Being Human is Good For Business podcast features three supply chain management leaders in an informative discussion about the challenges they are facing in today’s changing times. 

The panel (our first ever!) includes leadership development expert Heather Marasse, Managing Partner of Trilogy Effect. Joining Heather is:

“The TV character Ted Lasso is a wonderful example of high-functioning leadership, and how it creates success in two important dimensions,” explains Heather Marasse, Managing Partner, Trilogy Effect. “He’s effective on the quantitative side in that he coaches his team to start winning games.  He’s effective on the qualitative side too because everyone surrounding him becomes happier, emotionally healthier and more successful overal...

“We’ve moved the line on the manager employee relationship during the pandemic,” says Karen Mangia, Vice President of Customer and Marketing Insights at Salesforce. “Work has become a lot more about embracing humanity.  There’s a lot more human connection regardless of your title or your tenure. This is an inflection point, and now that we've crossed that divide, we can't go back.” 

In this episode of the Being Human is Good...

In a recent LIVE broadcast of the Being Human Is Good for Business podcast, the team at Trilogy Effect discusses the challenges of being a leader when, it seems, the whole world is completely stressed out. 

We’re all still ‘in the thick of it’ in terms of coping through this pandemic, and today’s leaders have the job of managing their people, many of whom are dealing with some personal trauma, through a whirlwind of change and stres...

Is the pandemic changing how you lead your organization? That’s the question we asked C-Suite executives at five different companies in this mini episode of the Being Human is Good for Business podcast. 

Over the past several months we’ve interviewed dozens of executive leaders from a broad range of businesses and social impact organizations. Yet, we seldom had a discussion that didn’t touch upon how the pandemic has changed how we ...

What makes a leader great? That’s what we asked leaders of four of the world’s biggest and best-known companies in this mini episode of the Being Human Is Good For Business podcast. 

Despite their different backgrounds and industry sectors, these leaders all agree on the essentials of a great leader: empathy, listening, clear communication, patience, and robust dialogue. 

For Gary Cohen, the CEO of Qualitor, being decisive is a key l...

Learn from a top leader at one the world’s biggest and best-known gaming companies, EA. Employee Enablement and Communications Sr. Director Alex Masters-Goessling joins host Sherrilynne Starkie and Trilogy Effect’s Wendy Appel to talk about how EA benefited from coaching beyond the C-Suite into the extended leadership team.

Wendy and the Trilogy Effect team have been working with EA leaders for several years having coached top execu...

Jane Finette learned about the value of leadership coaching late in her career, but when she finally did, it changed everything. 

She left her position as Chief of Staff to the CEO of Mozilla, the global internet company behind the Firefox browser, to launch The Coaching Fellowship. This non-profit organization helps advance young women as social change leaders by giving them the coaching they need to become their best selves.  It’s...

Misan Rewane is a remarkable young leader from Nigeria who took the lessons learned from her leadership coach to heart. She created WAVE Academies to tackle the problem of youth unemployment by getting young people ‘work ready’ and helping employers to find the local talent they need to grow their businesses. 

Having met Trilogy Effect’s Wendy Appel through The Coaching Fellowship, Misan applied the leadership information and knowle...

In this, the first ever LIVE broadcast of the Being Human Is Good For Business podcast, the team at Trilogy Effect discuss the Great Resignation of 2021. What's driving people to leave their jobs in droves?  What can a leader do to stem the flow? 

Recorded as a Live broadcast on LinkedIn on October 1st, leadership experts Heather Marasse,Wendy Appel and Mary Beth Sawicki look at what's behind this trend and offer great advic...

In this episode of the Being Human is Good For Business Podcast we meet Chief Technology Officer Mike Potter of the business intelligence technology company, Qlik. More than 50,000 companies, worldwide, depend on Qlik technology for crucial business insights. The company has more than 2,000 employees and operations in 30 countries. 

“The key to being a successful leader is knowing and understanding your own strengths and limitations...

On Friday, October 1st at 10 am Eastern, join the leadership experts at Trilogy Effect on LinkedIn where they will explore one of the biggest trends for 2021…The Great Resignation. 

People across North America are leaving their jobs in droves and this presents an enormous challenge for leaders. Executive Coaches Heather Marasse, Wendy Appel and Mary Beth Sawicki will explain what’s driving the exodus and to give you practical tips o...

In this episode of the Being Human is Good For Business Podcast, Trilogy Effect partners Heather Marasse, Wendy Appel and Mary Beth Sawicki discuss listening skills as a ‘superpower’ and explain how learning to listen generously can transform a good leader into a truly great one. 

“Like everyone who is lucky enough to have their sense of hearing, most leaders have been listening all their lives,” explains Managing Partner Heather Ma...