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70: Dr. Gregory Pickett + Jamie Patterson – Innovation in Education

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In this episode, Tim and Megan have an Uphill Conversation with Dr. Gregory Pickett and Jamie Patterson on innovation and its impact on education and students.

Gregory Pickett is senior associate dean of the College of Business at Clemson University. In this role, he oversees all business functions for the college including marketing and PR activities, business affairs, and human resource functions. Pickett also serves as Director for Clemson’s MBA Program and the college’s Greenville ONE operations. The MBA program has experienced significant growth including new concentrations in business analytics and entrepreneurship and innovation. These programs are delivered on seven residency weekends a year and online.

As the Director of Career Services and Student Experience for the Clemson MBA Program, Jamie Patterson focuses on the entire student experience including career services and professional development opportunities. She runs the internship program for the MBA and works closely with hiring managers in Greenville’s thriving business community. Jamie teaches courses on Career Development and Business Communication. As a passionate career coach, Jamie takes great joy in watching the Clemson MBA students succeed, while also by helping her corporate connections find exceptional talent for their organizations.

Show Notes:

  • How technology is changing the world of education
  • Importance of innovation in delivery + learning environments
  • Changing expectations in how students consume education
  • Flexibility is important in this rapidly-changing environment
  • Challenge of providing the same level of support to online + offline learners
  • Maintaining the “uniqueness” of the Clemson brand
  • Introduction and use of “flipped classrooms” to foster critical thinking and communication skills
  • Creating true community in an increasingly digital/virtual world is critical
  • Building a strong brand culture builds a strong alumni base
  • Direct communication, not via text or email, is a key to success and something we must be intentional in teaching our youth
  • Networking and listening are critical skills in life and business
  • Bringing more professional development opportunities into the classroom
  • How parents’ involvement and growth opportunities outside the classroom foster EQ + problem-solving skills
  • Jamie’s two questions she asks her daughters every day
  • Fostering greater social- and self-awareness
  • Jamie & Greg’s Uphill journeys: challenges + finding joy
  • Optimism of people finding the good in others, Greenville’s ability to deal with the challenges that come with growth and continued growth and success of Clemson’s MBA program

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INTRO AND OUTRO MUSIC (Used by permission):
Dreams Groove (© 2017 Tim Pecoraro)
Straight Drive (© 2017 Tim Pecoraro)
Uphill Conversations is an Uphill Strategies, LLC production
© 2017 Uphill Conversations

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69: Knowing Your Roles + The Importance of Investment and Buy-In

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On this episode, Tim and Megan have an Uphill Conversation on the importance of team members knowing their roles in order to achieve investment and buy-in.

Show Notes:

  • “If team members don’t know their roles, how can they feel invested? If they don’t see themselves in the picture, why should they buy into it?” – John C. Maxwell
  • Must be intentional as build out team to know the value that each team member brings, and thy must know as well
  • Create a culture where people can authentically be themselves
  • Strengths vs talents
  • Tendency to want those around you to conform to your image and approach when it comes to work and problem-solving
  • How do you create clarity in when and how to to work with others on your team and in your strengths
  • Leaders should encourage and desire for others to step up and ask questions when they disagree or don’t understand – people need room to grow and to stretch
  • Don’t just be great, be greater; go from best to better
  • Leaders are “lid lifters”
  • Resources for individuals to become better team members
  • It’s ok to push people out of their comfort zones, but don’t push them out of gift zones
  • Realize that you need to work with the whole person and not just what they can do for you
  • Ask yourself what buy-in means to you

Resources:

INTRO AND OUTRO MUSIC (Used by permission):
Dreams Groove (© 2017 Tim Pecoraro)
Straight Drive (© 2017 Tim Pecoraro)
Uphill Conversations is an Uphill Strategies, LLC production
© 2017 Uphill Conversations

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68: Four Common Reasons People Struggle to Identify Their Dreams

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On this week’s episode Tim and Megan have an Uphill Conversation around dreams and what stops us from discovering them. We share four common reasons people have trouble identifying their dream(s).

Show Notes: 

  • Some people have been discouraged from dreaming by others
  • Being realistic doesn’t mean giving up your imagination for what you desire
  • Be intentional about pursuing things that move you towards your dream
  • Make things a priority and be disciplined in those things
  • Some people are hindered by past disappointments and hurts
  • Optimism and the importance of failing forward
  • Unexpected surprises occur alongside disappointment
  • Some people get in the habit of settling for average
  • Everyone defines success differently, the real question is: “Are you fulfilled?”
  • “The minute you settle for less than you deserve, you get even less than you settled for” – Maureen Dowd
  • You define your own dream + not all dreams must be grandiose
  • Pursue the impact of success and significance
  • Some people lack the confidence needed to pursue their dreams
  • Discover what you believe about yourself and your potential
  • Put yourself in situations outside of your comfort zone

Resources
Put Your Dream to the Test, John C. Maxwell
Walking on Water, Madeleine L’Engle
Pamela Evette on Uphill Conversations – Episode 45
Erma Bombek
UCYP: Uphill Conversations Young Professionals 

INTRO AND OUTRO MUSIC (Used by permission):
Dreams Groove (© 2017 Tim Pecoraro)
Straight Drive (© 2017 Tim Pecoraro)
Uphill Conversations is an Uphill Strategies, LLC production
© 2017 Uphill Conversations

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67: Creating Emotional + Physical Margin

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Following the Thanksgiving holiday, Tim and Megan have an Uphill Conversation on progress, limits + creating margin – physical and emotional.

Show Notes:

  • As a society we are overwhelmed, overcommitted and over-stressed
  • The promise and peril of progress
  • Humans have a limited amount of resources – physical, financial, emotional, mental and spiritual
  • Type-A people don’t view margin as a necessary reserve, but rather as a gap to be filled
  • Just because you can, doesn’t mean you should
  • Living your life at full throttle + full capacity is not sustainable
  • Need to find things that replenish and energize you
  • Must determine your true capacity and your own individual limits and LISTEN to them
  • Need to intentionally live and make choices that align with what you want
  • How are you proactively doing to create your own margin?
  • 8 tips for restoring margin in emotional energy
  • 7 tips for managing or even restoring your resource of time

Resources:

INTRO AND OUTRO MUSIC (Used by permission):
Dreams Groove (© 2017 Tim Pecoraro)
Straight Drive (© 2017 Tim Pecoraro)
Uphill Conversations is an Uphill Strategies, LLC production
© 2017 Uphill Conversations

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66: Terra Winston – Showing Up + Holding Power

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In this episode, Terra Winston joins us for an Uphill Conversation on how each of us shows up in our daily lives – at work and home – and our ability to all “hold power.”

Terra Winston, Ringleader of inTerractions and Principal of inTerract Consulting, has dedicated her life to helping her clients unleash the potential of each employee. She is a leadership consultant and executive coach with 20 years of internal and external business consulting experience. Terra has a flexible style that has driven results in boardrooms and on plant floors, for Fortune 100 companies and small start-ups, alike.

Show Notes:

  • Terra’s background in engineering + discovering her fascination of how and why people work
  • We get put into boxes early on based on our intellectual or physical gifts
  • Tendency to be defined by who others teach us to be
  • It can be hard to figure out what you really want to do + who you are at the core
  • Tactics for self-discovery on what is meaningful in your own life
  • We get caught up in the “thing” that we forget the importance of what’s behind it
  • Tendency to focus too much on what we can’t do, rather than what we can do + what is nearby
  • Ask yourself, does something feel “light” or “dark” – take heed of your gut reaction
  • You must make compromises in the moment in order to attain long-term visions + goals
  • You must own your outcome + make intentional choices in your life
  • Must know the game you’re playing: “If there are two people in the room, a game is afoot … every organization has rules written and unwritten”
  • Need to understand how you show up in the room and that you hold power – especially if you want to be in a leadership position
  • Need to guide + teach our youth emotional intelligence + self-awareness
  • Lack of trust is the major contributor to redundancy + inefficiency in organizations
  • Importance of holding one another accountable and making accountability central to your culture
  • Balancing care and candor
  • Difficulty in walking away from stability to go after your dreams
  • You must not only have a vision, but also a conviction to follow through

Connect with Terra:

Resources:

INTRO AND OUTRO MUSIC (Used by permission):
Dreams Groove (© 2017 Tim Pecoraro)
Straight Drive (© 2017 Tim Pecoraro)
Uphill Conversations is an Uphill Strategies, LLC production
© 2017 Uphill Conversations

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