Episode 138

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Published on:

30th Dec 2025

2025 Highlights: The Best Insights on Building a Thriving Company Culture

"Companies and leaders want loyalty. If you treat your customers right, they’ll stay loyal. The same goes for our employees. In fact, it all starts with them."

In this episode, Kate Volman celebrates the end of the year by revisiting some of the most powerful insights shared by leaders, coaches, and culture builders throughout the season. This special compilation brings together moments that highlight what it takes to invest in people, foster meaningful connections at work, and create environments where individuals can thrive.

You will hear guests discuss authentic leadership, the link between personal well-being and professional success, and the impact of programs that help employees achieve their goals. This episode invites you to reflect on your own year, consider the voices that shaped your growth, and reconnect with the purpose behind your work.

In this episode, you’ll discover:

  1. How leaders build trust by caring for the whole person, not just the employee
  2. Ways organizations can strengthen culture through purpose and genuine commitment
  3. Why dreaming is contagious and how supporting personal goals elevates engagement

Invest in a coach to achieve your dreams: https://www.floydcoaching.com/

Discover how to implement The Dream Manager Program:

https://www.thedreammanager.com/

Things to listen for:

(00:00) Intro

(02:01) Brian Hess on investing in people for retention

(03:57) Jessica Pfau on culture and competitive compensation

(05:57) Bree Groff on separating work from self-worth

(07:30) Nick Lombardino on purpose-driven workplaces

(08:49) Patty Croom on Dream Manager impact and engagement

(10:22) Dr. Allen Hunt on learning from regrets

(11:24) Laura Furner on choosing coaching for personal growth

(12:43) Michele Marquis on fostering employee loyalty

(14:34) Zach Blumenfeld on autonomy and trust

(15:23) Steve Sargent on empathetic leadership

Resources:

  1. Floyd Coaching
  2. The Culture Assessment
  3. Matthew Kelly’s Books
  4. Floyd Coaching’s Blog

Connect with the Host & Floyd Coaching:

  1. Kate Volman’s LinkedIn
  2. Floyd Coaching on LinkedIn
  3. Floyd Consulting on Facebook
  4. Floyd Consulting on Twitter
  5. Floyd Consulting on YouTube
  6. Floyd Consulting on Instagram
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About the Podcast

Lead with Culture
A company can only become the best version of itself to the extent that its people are becoming better versions of themselves. What’s the key to making that happen? Building dynamic cultures so people love coming to work and accomplishing great things together.

Hosted by Kate Volman, CEO of Floyd Coaching, Lead with Culture is a show dedicated to exploring how great leaders create workplaces where people can thrive both personally and professionally.

Conversations are inspired by Matthew Kelly's bestselling books The Dream Manager, The Culture Solution, and Off Balance. Guests include incredible leaders as well as Floyd executive coaches sharing stories and providing insights into real strategies used to attract and retain great talent, execute effectively, become better coaches, build teams and grow businesses.

Whether you're a CEO, HR executive, manager, or simply part of a team, this show will help you become a better leader.

About your host

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Kate Volman

Your dreams are yours for a reason. What are you doing about them?

Our vision at Floyd is to make work fun and engaging for as many people as possible, by delivering world-class training and creating cultures that lead to thriving businesses that are profitable, scalable, and sustainable. My team and I show up every day excited to make this happen.

My team and I can help you build a dynamic culture so people love coming to work and accomplishing great things together.
➡️ Coaching. Everyone needs a coach. We have a coach for everyone.
➡️ Training.
➡️ Speaking.

I love my career and the journey it took to get here.
⭐️ I led the sales team, improved company processes, and created programs, workshops, and initiatives to help business owners build better relationships and execute results-driven marketing strategies during my eight years at the Greater Boca Raton Chamber of Commerce.
⭐️ I initiated content marketing strategies that drove more traffic and increased brand awareness while in my role as Marketing Director for the City of West Palm Beach Community Redevelopment Agency.
⭐️ I started a boutique marketing agency and helped business owners leverage digital marketing and video.
⭐️ I founded and facilitate Inspired Action, a goal-setting workshop specifically designed to help women achieve their goals.
⭐️ At Floyd, I lead a team of incredible people dedicated to helping people and organizations become the best version of themselves.

My mission is to help as many people as possible live a more joyful life doing more of what they love.
🎤 Check out my podcast Create for No Reason, a show about making something for the pure joy of it.
https://anchor.fm/createfornoreason

I love to network, collaborate, and help people achieve their dreams. The best way to connect with me is at kvolman@floydconsulting.com