What agreements to enterprising families need to best work together?Whether family members have been working together for a number of years or a number of generations, having a common and formalized understanding of their working relationship is a key component of their success. In this episode of the podcast, Family Business Consultant Joshua Nacht joins us to explain what kind of agreements your family needs, why you need them and how you might go about creating them. This episode is brought to you by Daniels Executive Education and the Bailey Program for Family Enterprise.

How you talk to yourself plays a large role in how you interact and communicate with others. If you’re like most people (80% to be exact!), your inner self-talk is filled with negative, harmful thoughts. In this episode of the podcast, Executive Education faculty and executive coach Karen Collins helps you learn how to let go of this disruptive thought pattern. She explains three common thinking traps and walks through an alternative approach to trade in your harmful inner dialogue for a more helpful one.

The uncertainty of the last two years has exposed significant vulnerabilities in how organizations manage their supply chains. Although we can’t predict the next natural disaster or global pandemic, in this episode of the podcast, Executive Education faculty Jenny Dobmeier shares six steps leaders can take to mitigate risk and build resiliency into our supply chains. Leaders across industries benefit!

Executive Education faculty and data analytics expert Phil Beaver has consulted with more than 600 companies, and he’s seen a common theme: organizations have data, organizations have questions, and organizations want to use the data they collect to solve these questions. But few know where to begin. In this episode of the podcast, Phil serves as your expert data analyst, guiding you through the process of articulating a data-driven business question and how to solve it.

Hollywood has much to share if you’re looking for good and not-so-good sales tactics. In this episode of the podcast, Executive Education Faculty Michele Cunningham and Dan Zuch provide an insightful and entertaining overview of some of the best sales scenes they’ve seen with a goal of helping you improve your own sales skills. Bring your popcorn and enjoy!

Today, we welcome Executive Education faculty Amy Phillips. Amy has been a faculty member at the Daniels College of Business for more than 20 years in the Department of Business Information and Analytics. A dynamic, engaging, and passionate professor, Amy teaches one of our most popular workshops called Data Visualization Using Power BI.Amy joined the Accelerate Webinar in June of 2022 to explain a why you don’t need complicated math or sophisticated algorithms to make an impact using data visualization.

Today, we welcome Executive Education faculty Scott McLagan. Scott has more than 25 years of industry experience and is known for having a framework for every business situation. He has been Professor of the Practice in the Management Department at the Daniels College of Business for many years. Scott is also one the lead faculty of the Denver Leadership Experience, a five-day, transformational program offered by Executive Education for experienced managers.Scott joined the Accelerate Webinar in April of 2022 to explain a new context for leaders as the world emerges from COVID.

Today, we welcome Executive Education faculty Jed Summerton and Michael Myers. Both Jed and Michael are key members of the Daniels faculty and regularly teach in both Executive Education and the Daniels College of Business core degree programs. They co-teach a new course called Digital Marketing Using Data Analytics which is offered every fall through Executive Education. Both have extensive backgrounds relevant to this topic. Jed and Michael joined the Accelerate Webinar in March of 2022 to help demystify digital marketing so that it will drive results for your organization.

Today, we welcome Executive Education faculty David Worley. David is the Executive Director of Executive Education here at Daniels, and he’s been a thought leader in the management and leadership space for several years. He has a PhD from the University of Denver, and a Master’s degree in leadership from Bethel University.As leader of Executive Education, one of the things that David does best is designing programs for adult learners. He really listens to an organization’s goals, pain-points, and desired outcomes, and then he works collaboratively to create a custom learning and development program to match.David joined the Accelerate Webinar in January of 2022 to explain the trends he’s witnessed in the leadership and learning and development space in the last year.

Today, we welcome Executive Education faculty Bo Stro-zuk. As a strategic learning and talent management consultant at Jacobs, Bo focuses on leadership development, team effectiveness, and learning solutions to drive business and talent strategy. He is also a core member of the Executive Education faculty, co-teaching the five-week Accelerated Leadership Experience which transforms new managers into successful and fulfilled leaders.Bo joined the Accelerate Webinar in November of 2021 to explain how to create a meaningful hybrid experience.

Today, we welcome Executive Education faculty Brandon Daruna. Brandon is the Chief Executive Officer of Eagle County Paramedic Services and one of the lead faculty teaching the Public Safety Leadership Development program at Executive Education. In the classroom, Brandon combines his experience as a first responder, his passion for education and his expertise in the leadership development space to provide a truly life-changing experience for public safety professionals.Brandon joined the Accelerate Webinar in October of 2021 to explain how celebrating failure yields success.

Today, we welcome Executive Education faculty Jed Summerton. Jed is a business executive and consultant with deep experience in strategic IT, data and analytics. He goes beyond technical analysis to also explain how the data delivers improvements to business alignment, organizational development, and process optimization. In addition to his work in the new Daniels College of Business Digital Leadership Master’s program, Jed teaches an Executive Education course called Strategic Advantage Using Data Analytics. Over three days, Jed merges the best instincts of an executive leader with those of a data scientist to help you learn how to build and implement a data strategy at your organization.Jed joined the Accelerate Webinar in October of 2021 to explain how the best organizations power business strategy with data analytics.

Today, we welcome Executive Education faculty Kellie Jenkins. Kellie is a leadership coach and consultant who teaches in many of our customized leadership programs. She is passionate about working with professionals, especially women, who want to grow in their ability to become better leaders. Kellie is originally from Australia but has lived and worked around the world.Kellie joined the Accelerate Webinar in September of 2021 to teach simple strategies that will help us coach our people so that they can better engage, grow, and develop.

Welcome to the second season of the Accelerate podcast, hosted by the Daniels College of Business Executive Education division at the University of Denver in Colorado. This podcast recaps the Accelerate Webinars we've held throughout the academic year.Today, we welcome Executive Education faculty Amanda Cahal. Amanda is a lead faculty in the EMBA program at Daniels and has been teaching with Executive Education for more than ten years. One of our highest-rated faculty, she is known for bringing insight and warmth into the classroom, and she leads two workshops for us: Effective Communication Using Insights Discovery and Building Teams & Organizations Using Insights Discovery.Amanda joined the Accelerate Webinar in August of 2021 to provide suggestions for workplace communication in this new era of organizational life.

The Accelerate podcast is hosted by the Daniels College of Business Executive Education division at the University of Denver. Throughout the school year, we invite our expert faculty to share the latest professional development ideas and trends with you in the Accelerate Webinar Series. These free monthly episodes accelerate your capacity to deliver results for your organization. During the summer, we transform these webinars into podcasts, allowing you to tune in whether you’re on the trail or on the road. You can find more details about our webinars and podcasts, browse upcoming episodes, and register for our free webinars by visiting daniels dot du dot edu slash accelerate. Thanks for listening!

Welcome to the Accelerate podcast, hosted by the Daniels College of Business Executive Education division at the University of Denver in Colorado. Today, we are so pleased to welcome Bo Storozuk. As a strategic learning and talent management consultant at Jacobs, Bo focuses on leadership development, team effectiveness, and learning solutions to drive the business and talent strategy. He is also a core member of the Executive Education faculty, co-teaching the five-week Accelerated Leadership Experience which transforms up-and-coming managers into successful and fulfilled leaders. Bo joined the Accelerate Webinar in May of 2020 to provide tips for building team resiliency. For more information visit daniels.du.edu/accelerate.

Welcome to the Accelerate podcast, hosted by the Daniels College of Business Executive Education division at the University of Denver in Colorado. This episode features Executive Education faculty Joe Hernandez. Joe is an expert on negotiation, and he often teaches this topic in our custom programs. His wide range of work experience includes time at Intrado and BuildingDNA, and Joe is currently the chief revenue officer at Atos and the CEO of the consulting firm Lionshare Negotiations. Joe has studied under some of the world’s best-known negotiation scholars, and this knowledge, combined with his “on the ground” experience, have enabled him to successfully negotiate business contracts worth billions of dollars. Joe appeared on the Accelerate Webinar Series in the spring of 2021 to present his unique methodology to negotiating, one based on understanding human behavior, on preparation, and on developing relationships. For more information visit daniels.du.edu/accelerate (https://daniels.du.edu/executive-education/webinars/).

Welcome to the Accelerate podcast, hosted by the Daniels College of Business Executive Education division at the University of Denver in Colorado. This episode features Executive Education faculty member Amanda Cahal. Amanda is the Director of the MBA Global Programs at Daniels and she’s been teaching in Executive Education for the last 10 years. She is an expert in the Insights Discovery tool, and she has engaged hundreds of participants in helping them identify their workplace communication preferences through Insights workshops. Amanda appeared for a second time on the Accelerate Webinar Series in the summer of 2020, joining David to explain why Insights is so helpful for teams and organizations. For more information visit daniels.du.edu/accelerate (https://daniels.du.edu/executive-education/).

Welcome to the Accelerate podcast, hosted by the Daniels College of Business Executive Education division at the University of Denver in Colorado. In this episode, we welcome Executive Education faculty member Amy Phillips who has taught in the Daniels College of Business for more than 20 years. Amy is an expert on why data matters and what we should do with it, and she is highly regarded for her book, Business-Driven Information Systems. A dynamic and passionate instructor, she receives rave reviews from an Executive Education workshop she teaches called Data Visualization Using Power BI. Amy joined the Accelerate Webinar Series near the beginning of the pandemic in April 2020. She provided a fascinating introduction to the importance of data visualization using widely available COVID-19 data from John Hopkins University. For more information visit daniels.du.edu/accelerate (https://daniels.du.edu/executive-education/).

Welcome to the Accelerate podcast, hosted by the Daniels College of Business Executive Education division at the University of Denver in Colorado. In this episode, we welcome Executive Education faculty members Dessa Bokides and Keely Gohl. Dessa has worked in a variety of finance and financial services roles including Goldman Sachs, Doitze Bank, pitny Boes, Prologis, and GMAC. Her 25-plus years of experience includes both “in the trenches” work and leadership roles, and Dessa has also served on a number of Boards. Keely earned both her bachelors and masters degrees from the University of Denver and has also worked for a variety of clients in a variety of industries. Her experience, which includes work at KPMG and various nonprofits, has provided her with vast knowledge about an array of accounting scenarios.  Dessa and Keely teach the Finance for Non-Financial Managers workshop at Executive Education, so they joined the Accelerate Webinar is March of 2021 to share what you need to know about your organization’s finances. For more information visit daniels.du.edu/accelerate.