ACPs in Action

Ep 120 - Leesa Wallace: You will call me back if I can provide impact

Chris talks to Leesa Wallace, founding principal of The Performance Architect, a Leadership Development Consulting Practice that strengthens the capacity of individual contributors, creates clarity and collaboration on teams, and helps leaders learn how to tap into the potential of their people. 

 

Leesa is a master at keeping impact front-and-center during every client interaction. You’ll learn about:

• The million-dollar question that shifts conversations from training to impact, allowing Leesa to get sticky with strategy and become a trusted advisor. 
• How Leesa uses the Impact Value Chain to paint a picture of what she’ll provide and which behaviors will shift. 
• Has leveraged her integration of Actionable to meaningfully increase her pricing.

 

If you’re just getting started, Leesa would love to share her top tips and tricks to integrate Actionable quickly and effectively. You can find her on LinkedIn or in The Hive. 

 

Chris Taylor is the founder and CEO of Actionable.co. Actionable helps training companies build behavior change measurement into their programs so they can prove and amplify their impact. Connect with Chris here. 

Ep 119 - Tara Azulay: The continued value has always been the community

Chris talks to Tara Azulay, founding partner of Clariti Group, an HR Consultancy firm that helps organizations create great workplaces and helps individuals create great careers. 

 

Clariti Group is coming up on 10 years with Actionable. In this conversation, Tara highlights how Clariti Group has scaled from delivering workshop-style packaged content to leveraging Leader-Led Conversations to have large scale impact on huge organizations. Learn how Tara and the Clariti Team:

• Have shifted from one-off workshop facilitation to year-long strategy activation programs.
• Have increased their impact by including Leader-Led Conversations and/or Habit Builder as an integrated part of their process. 
• Leverage the Actionable Community and Community events like Summit to keep their edge sharp. 

 

Clariti Group is masterful at many things, business development being one of them. If you’re looking to connect with a business development expert, get in touch with Tara! You can find her on LinkedIn or in The Hive. 

Chris Taylor is the founder and CEO of Actionable.co. Actionable helps training companies build behavior change measurement into their programs so they can prove and amplify their impact. Connect with Chris here.

Ep 118 - Christi Mertens: The script has never once been the same

Chris talks to Christi Mertens, founder of Invisible Discipline, a firm that helps leaders develop consistent, high quality, high speed decisions to create sustainable systemic change.  

 

Christi has grown Invisible Discipline rapidly over the last two years. In this episode, she shares her growth strategies with you. Learn how she:

• Co-creates commitments to new behavior in the room with her participants. 
• Fosters accountability and competition in her participants, debunking the myth that senior leaders are too busy for “another thing.”
• Recently achieved over a million dollars in sales.

 

If you’re a coach looking to collaborate, get in touch with Christi! You can find her on LinkedIn or in The Hive. 

Chris Taylor is the founder and CEO of Actionable.co. Actionable helps training companies build behavior change measurement into their programs so they can prove and amplify their impact. Connect with Chris here.

Ep 117 - Dennis Stratton: Enroll, Engage, and Get Ownership

Chris talks to Dennis Stratton, founder of Stratton Consulting Group, a firm that helps organizations navigate significant change through executive coaching and team building. 

 

This episode is a masterclass in deploying high-impact Leader-Led Conversations Programs to drive meaningful change. In this episode, you’ll hear how Dennis:

• Designs hyper-relevant Leader-Led Conversations Modules and empowers leaders to run them.
• Develops internal advocacy and senior stakeholder engagement to ensure a long-term program success that cascades through the organization. 
• Utilizes the Actionable Platform to efficiently access the hundreds of participants participating in their commitments. 

 

If you’re interested in collaborating with Dennis, or if you want to talk through how to set up or roll out a Leader-Led Conversations Program, Dennis is the person to talk to! You can find him on LinkedIn or in The Hive. 

Chris Taylor is the founder and CEO of Actionable.co. Actionable helps training companies build behavior change measurement into their programs so they can prove and amplify their impact. Connect with Chris here.

Ep 116 - Ruby Brown-Herring: If I stop, the work stops, right?

Chris talks to Ruby Brown-Herring, CEO and founder of RBH Wellness Solutions, a firm that works with organizations to improve employee well being while improving engagement, retention and belonging. 

 

Despite the fact that she claims to hate data, Ruby is an expert of using data to tell the narrative of her impact. In this episode, Ruby shares how she: 

• Is shifting from one-off offerings to long-term strategy work by focusing on impact.  
• Strategically elevates conversations around impact and the business case for improving employee engagement scores. 
• Takes care of her own mental wellbeing, and how you can, too. 

 

If you’re looking to collaborate in your work with leadership teams, especially when it comes to mental wellbeing, reach out to Ruby! You can find her on LinkedIn or in The Hive. 

Chris Taylor is the founder and CEO of Actionable.co. Actionable helps training companies build behavior change measurement into their programs so they can prove and amplify their impact. Connect with Chris here.

Ep 115 - Ash Dashlooty: What’s going to help them make the change?

Chris talks to Ashraf Dashlooty, Director of sp_ce, a firm that loves developing leaders and people. 

 

Ash and the team at sp_ce are experts at developing leaders and through enhanced learning opportunities and supportive behavior change. They’ve been incorporating Actionable over the last few years, and have experienced steady and consistent growth. Ash shares how he:

• Positions the Habit Builder as a necessary support for busy leaders, and a key generator of insight for their team.
• Empowers his team members to take ownership of the technical implementation of Actionable. 
• Maximizes the potential of Actionable!

 

If you’re looking to swap stories, or looking for support with taking your participants on journeys of excellence, Ash is an excellent person to talk to. You can find him on LinkedIn or in The Hive. 

Chris Taylor is the founder and CEO of Actionable.co. Actionable helps training companies build behavior change measurement into their programs so they can prove and amplify their impact. Connect with Chris here.

Ep 114 - Pam Ross: Why does that matter?

Chris talks to Pam Ross, founder of Blue Rebel Works, a firm dedicated to improving people’s lives by making work awesome! 

 

Pam plays in two big spaces: culture change work, and leadership development work. She connects the two through the use of the Habit Builder, with fantastic outcomes for her clients and her participants. Listen to how Pam:

• Utilizes cultural analysis to uncover patterns of behavior that might be holding them back, then link changed behaviors to overall business objectives. 
• Consistently and deliberately achieves high adoption and engagement rates. 
• Allocates time (for herself, facilitators, and supporting team members) to drive long-term sustainment and support for her participants. 

 

If you’re a coach looking for partnership, or if you want to talk to someone about culture and leadership, Pam Ross is the person to talk to! You can find her on LinkedIn or in The Hive. 

Chris Taylor is the founder and CEO of Actionable.co. Actionable helps training companies build behavior change measurement into their programs so they can prove and amplify their impact. Connect with Chris here.

Ep 113 - Joel Bennett: Slow down on the front end

Chris talks to Joel Bennett, founder of Veel Hoeden Consulting, a firm with a focus on training and coaching frontline supervisors, managers, and foremen in the blue collar space.

 

Joel has been with Actionable for over six years and has seen incredible growth in that time. Learn how Joel:

• Frames his impact as a no-brainer investment by spending time up-front talking about business goals, desired impact, and long-term application. 
• Elevates his status with key stakeholders.
• Structures his proposals to shift him from an HR Budget to a Strategy Budget, putting it into the context of true business impact. (Here’s a sample!)

 

Joel is the person to talk to if you want help with proposals, articulating your value, or getting comfortable with how to embed the Actionable Methodology into your programs. You can connect with him on LinkedIn or in The Hive! 

 

Chris Taylor is the founder and CEO of Actionable.co. Actionable helps training companies build behavior change measurement into their programs so they can prove and amplify their impact. Connect with Chris here.