Fully Aligned

Fully Aligned

For nearly 20 years, Joe Kiedinger’s life pursuit has been researching and re-imagining what it means to lead others. It all started with a desire to better communicate with his stepson and led to his discovery of leadership through dignity. This podcast digs deep into culture, communication, dignity and organizational health topics with the goal of strengthening your company and your leadership skills. Joe provides practical advice for leaders and real, honest conversation with a lot of wit along the way. For more on Joe, visit dignify.com

Episodes

June 10, 2025 22 mins

In this episode of the Fully Aligned Podcast, Joe shares exactly how you can take control of your stress, reduce it, and go through life with a healthy mindset. The root of all your stress comes from within – past regrets and future worries. Joe will take you through a few simple, yet massively impactful hacks that you can use the retrain your mind and deal with stress much better.

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What can you do to create “work-life balance” when so much of your day is consumed by work? We often think of work-life balance in terms of time. A better way to think about it is in terms of moments. Ask yourself what you can do to create moments that matter with your family. Figure out what you can do to take them along on your journey. In this episode of Fully Aligned Podcast, Joe shares a unique perspective on the topic of bala...

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The case for emotional intelligence is strong. How does better retention, better performance, and better change management, all with less stress sound? In this episode of the Fully Aligned Podcast, Joe unravels the importance of emotional intelligence in leadership and how anyone can apply it to make a huge difference in their workplace and their lives.

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All leaders can benefit from creating and sharing their vision, no matter who you are or who you lead. In the first episode of the Fully Aligned Podcast, you’ll learn the key points you need to set the direction for your team and make a real impact using a vision speech. From the planning and formatting phase to delivery and follow-up, Joe unpacks the key details that you will need to remember to make a difference for your people a...

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In this SPECIAL episode of the Dignity Dialogue, we welcome a long-term client in the healthcare industry to share her experiences with Dignify and its tools, as well as her enlightening perspectives on how to create a healthy company culture that supports its people. If you're curious about Dignify and the value it can provide, this is the episode for you.

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In our last episode of the Dignity Dialogue, Joe and April discussed the topics of agile leadership, how to create a vision, and how the two are tied together. In this follow-up episode, How our stories create opportunities for growth, they walk through how to understand your people and tap into their unique strengths to bring your vision to life and fulfill their dignity. 

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 Join Joe and April in an all-new episode of the Dignity Dialogue, where they discuss the benefits of agile leadership and hone in on a critical, yet sometimes overlooked part of what it takes to be truly agile - a company vision. Learn all about visions and how you can build one to enable agile leadership right here! 

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October 28, 2024 28 mins

Join Joe and April in this fun episode of the Dignity Dialogue as they discuss what it means to be an ethical leader, offer their personal perspectives on how they would tackle common ethical dilemmas in the workplace, and situations that they’ve encountered in their personal journeys. Understand in detail the opportunity and obligation that leaders to conduct their business ethically and protect those who relying on them.

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In this episode of the Dignity Dialogue, Joe and April dive into the idea of integrity, and what it exactly means to lead with integrity. They share personal examples, stories from the field, research insights, and more to unravel integrity and how concepts like dignity, emotional intelligence, and conflict management play into it.

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In this episode, Joe and April discuss what it means to be a servant leader, alongside the case studies and statistics that make the bottom-line impact of servant leadership clear. You will finish the episode with a clear understanding of the basic principles of servant leadership, the competitive advantages that make it a worthwhile pursuit, and how companies like Toyota uprooted our understanding of what was possible through a cu...

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In this episode of the Dignity Dialogue, Jamie Budiac, General Manager of Sure-Dry, joins Joe to unravel how he took his company from $5.5 million to over $17 million in revenue in 7 years. Jamie shares his beliefs on the importance of culture in business, his success investing in his people, and some unique insights into how Sure-Dry maintains a strong retention rate in a high-turnover industry.


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August 5, 2024 23 mins

In leadership, much like in life, learning never stops. It’s a lifelong adventure. Whether it’s through formal education, mentorship, or experiential learning, continuous development can make a massive difference in how effective a leader is with their teams.

In today’s episode of the Dignity Dialogue, Joe and April discuss the importance of continuous learning, how to implement it, and how to make it resonate with your people. Disc...

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In this episode of the Dignity Dialogue, Joe and April dig deep into the role of communication in leadership and collaboration through the lens of the Four Countries.

Gain a unique perspective on how to connect with your team authentically and overcome common communication challenges like misunderstandings, transparency, and difficult conversations.

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Listen in as Joe sits down with one of his long-time mentors and leading authority on the subject of dignity – Dr. Donna Hicks. As an Associate at the Harvard Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Dr. Hicks has decades of experience in her field and is renowned for resolving regional and international conflicts using a philosophy of dignity. Dr. Hicks has authored two books on the topic - Dignity: Its Essential Role in Reso...

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In this episode, Joe sits down with Eunicia Peret, the CEO of Excelstra. Eunicia and her company help clients address, understand, navigate, and grow their financial position in a way that connects with who they are as a person and honors the work they have done, helping them build a legacy for themselves and their teams. Listen in as Joe and Eunicia unpack a new approach to the sensitive, and often stigmatized topics of money and ...

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In this episode, Joe and April sit down for a talk with Dr. Priya Nalkur, coach, psychologist, and founder of the RoundTable Institute. Listen in as Joe and April uncover Dr. Nalkur’s unique perspectives on how to approach some of the most sensitive topics in our society today (like identity and race), why it’s important that we actually do talk about them instead of shoving them under the rug, and what being a leader actually mean...

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In this episode, Joe sits down with Theresa Moore, longtime friend and host of the podcast “Conversations To Inspire.” Take a step into Joe’s world for an hour as he takes you through his personal discovery of dignity, how he developed and evolved the idea of Dignify, and the many stories that illustrate the tangible impact dignity has had on people, families, and organizations.

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Business isn’t for the faint-hearted. It’s for the bold. Those who face challenges and strike back at them from a new angle. With 22 years in business under their belts, Joe and Danica Kiedinger are sitting down and sharing their successes, their failures, their passions and the grit that got them where Dignify (formerly Prophit Co.) is today. 

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Michelle Bersell, M.A., M.Ed is the founder of the International Institute for Emotional Empowerment (IIEE). She has a wealth of experience delivering the idea of emotional empowerment on three continents and across multiple industries with everybody from Fortune 500 execs to budding entrepreneurs. Today, Michelle is sitting down with April to unpack emotional empowerment and how to enact it, discuss related ideas like emotional in...

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December 12, 2023 48 mins

Cate Hollowitsch is a seasoned and accomplished professional in the field of marketing currently serving as the Chief Marketing Officer for Nesnah Ventures. Drawing on her 30 years of experience at the forefront of her industry, many of those years in positions of leadership, Cate engages with hosts Joe and April about her unique perspective on fear, its utility, and her acrostic (not acronym!) for dealing with fear with personal e...

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