Episode 35

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5th Sep 2023

Creating Work-Life Satisfaction: Taking Control of Your Day featuring Matthew Kelly

“What are the next right steps that you can take towards building a deeper, more satisfied life both personally and professionally?”

In this episode, featuring Matthew Kelly, Founder of Floyd Consulting and author of The Culture Solution along with other best-selling books, host Kate Volman dives into the much discussed concept of work-life balance.

As you listen, you'll discover why balance is a myth and satisfaction is the key to a fulfilling life. Tune in to learn how to assess your personal and professional satisfaction with a simple score, and gain practical tips for increasing satisfaction in both areas. Whether you're a business leader striving to create a positive work environment or an individual looking for ways to enhance your own life, this episode will provide valuable insights and actionable steps to help you achieve work-life satisfaction.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

  1. By regularly assessing your satisfaction, you become more aware of where you are and can take steps to improve
  2. Consider keeping a journal to track your feelings, activities, and thoughts related to your satisfaction score to help you gain clarity and identify areas for growth
  3. Rather than viewing dissatisfaction as a negative experience, see it as a signal for change and improvement

Things to listen for:

[00:36] Busting the work-life balance myth

[02:18] Measuring personal and professional satisfaction

[04:23] Understanding your baseline

[06:09] Leveraging the Five Minute Journal

[08:10] Taking control of your day

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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