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by Julia Felton
This podcast is for you if you’re a business owner, business leader, entrepreneur or executive who knows they want to make a real impact in the world and knows they can’t do it alone. Your host is Julia Felton, a leadership and team engagement specialist, who provides unique insights into how to harness the energy of your people to create massive business momentum through unlocking the super-power of teamwork. Some of the questions we grapple with are: - You know you need a team to help you but how do you get your team on the same page? - How do you get them pulling in the same direction and not pulling apart? - How do you create a connected, collaborative, cohesive team? In this podcast I will be sharing with you strategies and tactics to help you become the best leader you can be so that you can inspire IMPACTFUL teamwork. Teams that make a real difference. Each podcast will be full of actionable steps you can take and implement immediately. We’ll also be interviewing guests to learn
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The episode argues teamwork is a key competitive advantage amid record-low global engagement (20%) and falling manager engagement (30% to 22%), noting managers drive 70% of team engagement variance and disengagement costs an estimated $10 trillion annually.It warns leaders that AI won’t fix culture but will amplify it, making intentional culture design urgent. Drawing on Peter Matthies and the Conscious Business Institute, it outlines four culture levels:Level 1 output culture (mechanistic, results-only, people as resources; AI accelerates volume and can fuel exhaustion)Level 2 intentional culture (purpose and discernment guide AI as collaborator but trust and wellbeing may still lag)Level 3 human-centric culture (people at the center, psychological safety, honest feedback)Level 4 higher-purpose culture (massive transformational purpose enabling creativity and shared leadership, modeled by horse herds).It closes with actions: make culture explicit, let teams define “rules,” and connect culture to purpose, plus an audit call-to-action.00:00 Why Teamwork Wins00:46 Engagement Crisis02:27 AI Amplifies Culture03:44 Four Culture Levels06:19 Level One Output10:29 Level Two Intention13:37 Level Three Human Centric16:19 Horses Reveal Truth19:32 Level Four Higher Purpose23:06 Leading Across Levels25:47 Three Culture Shifts29:22 Purpose Driven Turnaround31:29 Final Questions Next Steps32:46 Closing ThanksConnect with Julia:WebsiteLinkedInFacebookInstagramTake the IMPACTFUL Teamwork Quiz to assess your team's communication, creativity culture, goal clarity, and conflict resolution skills!Listen on Apple PodcastsListen on Spotify
On the Impactful Teamwork Podcast, host Julia welcomes Jean Walters, a personal growth consultant and seven-time Amazon best-selling author, to discuss teamwork as a competitive advantage and how “business energetics,” universal laws, and metaphysics influence organisational success. Jean argues that everything is energy and that leaders can either work with it consciously or suffer its effects, emphasising gratitude, positivity, and empowerment over criticism. She shares an exercise contrasting emotions like anger vs. peace to help skeptics experience energy’s impact, and a story illustrating how negativity affected health.They explore leadership practices such as living and repeatedly communicating mission statements, recognising employees’ unique talents and interests, using personalised motivation, hiring complementary strengths, and building relationships through attention.Jean also covers overcoming rejection in sales, taking responsibility for one’s mood, using forgiveness to shift workplace dynamics, and limiting negative news consumption. She offers listeners three free chapters of her book, “The Journey from Anxiety to Peace,” via her website spiritualtransformation.com.00:00 Teamwork Advantage00:45 Meet Jean Walters01:46 Business Energy Basics03:54 Mindset And Health Story06:01 Proving Energy To Skeptics08:29 Grounded Leadership In Chaos09:27 Mission And Employee Strengths13:49 Ego Free Hiring And Appreciation17:47 Avoiding Negativity And News19:16 More Engagement Strategies20:05 Rejection Proof Selling21:29 Know Your Audience22:29 Leaders Build Relationships23:22 Forgiveness Changes Dynamics25:32 Responsibility Over Blame26:35 Ripple Effect Leadership27:41 Horses Reveal Energy31:22 Growth Through Polarity33:36 Connect and Free Chapters35:24 Final Takeaway ReflectionYou can connect to Jean on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jean-walters/and on her website - https://www.spiritualtransformation.com/Connect with Julia:WebsiteLinkedInFacebookInstagramTake the IMPACTFUL Teamwork Quiz to assess your team's communication, creativity culture, goal clarity, and conflict resolution skills!Listen on Apple PodcastsListen on Spotify
Julia Felton explores two research findings: 65% of leaders would rather appear decisive and be wrong than admit uncertainty and be right, and “invisibility is no longer read as neutral” but as avoidance. Drawing on a Forbes article by Doug Melville, she argues that C-suite credibility now depends on visible, human storytelling aligned with operational truth, not polished messaging, especially amid rapid change like AI and expectations of headcount reduction. She contrasts this with the “decisiveness crisis” research on “certainty theatre,” linking it to shame, threat responses, and transformation failure driven by uncertainty resistance. Felton argues the real issue is teamship: performing certainty trains teams not to surface doubts, undermining co-ownership. She invites leaders to name a current unknown aloud as an invitation to think together and suggests modeling “I’m not sure” without apology.03:14 Visibility Is Credibility07:03 Imperfect Presence Builds Trust10:57 The Decisiveness Crisis13:46 Shame And Certainty Theater16:56 Where Research Meets Reality19:02 Teamship And The Horse Herd20:39 Make Uncertainty Safe21:58 Weekly Challenge And Close23:51 Final Takeaways And Next StepsConnect with Julia:WebsiteLinkedInFacebookInstagramTake the IMPACTFUL Teamwork Quiz to assess your team's communication, creativity culture, goal clarity, and conflict resolution skills!Listen on Apple PodcastsListen on Spotify
Carrie Gallant and Julia Felton collaborate on a joint episode of The Tall Poppy Revolution Radio Show and the Impactful Teamwork Podcast to discuss how leaders can create conditions for better decision-making amid uncertainty and pressure. They explore decision fatigue, reluctance to decide, and how inaction is still a decision, linking these patterns to engagement, agency, and culture. They argue that consultative decision-making, context, and psychological safety improve buy-in and reduce bottlenecks at the top, while frontline input often leads to better outcomes. They also highlight that decisions are influenced by emotions, intuition, and energy, using stories from workplace leadership, hiring, and horse-assisted work to emphasise stillness, somatic intelligence, and adaptability, concluding with resources for strategic conversations and Julia’s team roadmap and quiz.02:10 Decision Fatigue Today03:50 Doubt and Agency05:48 Engagement and Ownership10:50 Consultative Decisions16:09 Context and Buy In17:14 Emotions Drive Choices20:14 Gut Instinct Hiring23:07 Energy and Culture Fit25:11 Horses Sense Energy25:45 Firefighting Leadership26:37 Laser Focus Purpose27:23 Undecided Energy Lesson28:25 Human Design Blueprint30:41 Intuition Inner Teacher31:29 Stillness And Flow34:22 Decision Speed Myth39:51 Psychological Safety Culture42:48 Adapting In Change44:04 Closing And ResourcesConnect with Julia:WebsiteLinkedInFacebookInstagramTake the IMPACTFUL Teamwork Quiz to assess your team's communication, creativity culture, goal clarity, and conflict resolution skills!Listen on Apple PodcastsListen on Spotify
Julia Felton argues that the UK has a leadership problem driven by chronic, unrelenting pressure that the nervous system isn’t designed to sustain, leading to slower decisions, reduced trust, political caution, and emotional exhaustion. She contrasts short-term pressure (where humans perform well) with long-term dysregulation that organisations often suppress through policies and norms, creating numbness that looks like professionalism. Felton explains why AI cannot solve trust deficits or poor collaboration, citing Gallup engagement data and failure rates tied to silos, and notes AI can’t “read the room” or detect safety and withdrawal. She describes how horses provide immediate, unedited feedback on presence, coherence, and trust, shares a client example revealing hidden indecision, and advocates distributed, shared leadership via her Unbridled Teamship roadmap. 00:00 Teamwork Advantage00:46 LinkedIn Leadership Storm03:08 Chronic Pressure Biology04:43 Suppressed Emotions Culture06:03 Why AI Falls Short09:09 Horses As Mirrors11:08 Arena Breakthrough Story13:06 Rethinking Leadership Models14:55 Distributed Leadership Lessons16:45 Building Team Resilience18:51 Team Audit Invitation20:06 Wrap Up And SubscribeTake the Turbocharge Your Team audit at www.businesshorsepower.com/quizConnect with Julia:WebsiteLinkedInFacebookInstagramTake the IMPACTFUL Teamwork Quiz to assess your team's communication, creativity culture, goal clarity, and conflict resolution skills!Listen on Apple PodcastsListen on Spotify
On the Impactful Teamwork Podcast, host Julia Felton interviews sales-team coach Luke Jorgenson, who spent 10 years in US door-to-door solar sales, about resilience, coaching, and building high-performing sales teams. Luke explains how repeated rejection builds a “sales muscle” and says leaders should help new hires break fear quickly by getting them in the field with support and mentoring. He argues coaching should be normalised in business, as in sports, to accelerate learning and uncover blind spots. Luke shares his “Proven Five Sales Systems” framework—compensation, incentives, sales training, team culture, and leadership mentoring—emphasising a holistic approach where culture and environment can be the biggest sales drivers. He describes using experience-based incentives to create camaraderie and retention, and advises individuals to sell authentically by asking better questions and listening.00:00 Teamwork Advantage00:45 Meet Luke Jorgenson01:48 Door To Door Sales03:30 Rejection Resilience04:41 Training New Reps08:35 Why Coaching Matters12:18 Proven Five Systems15:30 Building Winning Culture18:07 Culture Keeps People19:37 Working for Free Culture19:57 Coaching Lessons for Sales21:04 Culture Is Who Leads Daily23:11 Sales Is a Universal Skill25:23 Authentic Selling Mindset27:39 Ambiverts and Adaptability29:11 Questions Over Pitching32:37 Energy and Belief in Product34:29 Reputation and Long Game35:21 Where to Find Luke36:19 Final Wrap and SubscribeYou can connect to Luke on:LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/lukejorgenson/Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/coach_lukej/Connect with Julia:WebsiteLinkedInFacebookInstagramTake the IMPACTFUL Teamwork Quiz to assess your team's communication, creativity culture, goal clarity, and conflict resolution skills!Listen on Apple PodcastsListen on Spotify
The episode argues that teamwork is a key competitive advantage and explores why work often gets stuck departments due to unclear ownership and accountability. Drawing on Deloitte’s 2026 Human Capital Survey, it highlights that 66% of C-suite leaders say pushing beyond traditional functions (HR, finance, IT, legal, procurement) is critical, yet only 7% report real progress, creating a 59-point gap. It describes simultaneous pressures on functions—cost-cutting via shared services and automation, alongside executive calls for substantial reinvention—while noting structure and “turf” impede change. Using a horse herd and the diamond model of shared leadership as an analogy, it contrasts “running the business” (repeatable work suited to automation) with “growing the business” (cross-functional work requiring dynamic leadership). Examples include Moderna, Unilever, Cisco, Workleap, and Highmark Health, and the host invites listeners to assess where energy leaks and consider the Unbridled Teamship roadmap and a team audit.00:46 Work Stuck Between Teams01:34 Deloitte Gap Revealed03:30 Why Functions Strain07:09 Running Versus Growing09:44 Horse Herd Leadership12:28 Tension And Delays16:36 Decouple Expertise20:35 Turf And Clarity23:16 Unbridled Adaptability26:56 Key Takeaways28:14 Teamship InvitationConnect with Julia:WebsiteLinkedInFacebookInstagramTake the IMPACTFUL Teamwork Quiz to assess your team's communication, creativity culture, goal clarity, and conflict resolution skills!Listen on Apple PodcastsListen on Spotify
Host Julia Felton welcomes high-performance coach and breathwork expert Lucas Kulbis to discuss how breathwork helps leaders regulate stress and improve team performance.Lucas shares his journey from an AI-focused computer science path and startup burnout to discovering breath as a foundational tool for state control, presence, and resilience. They explain how shallow breathing can reinforce anxiety and how intentional breathing can shift the nervous system from fight-or-flight (amygdala-driven) to calmer, clearer decision-making (prefrontal cortex), supporting emotional regulation and co-regulation with others.Lucas teaches practical techniques including the physiological sigh for rapid resets, a bedtime diaphragm-breathing practice to improve sleep, and coherence breathing (about 5.5 seconds in and out) to align heart, breath, and brain. He also describes client results, including a 10X revenue increase alongside broader life improvements, and invites listeners to his free Skool community and coaching.00:00 Teamwork Advantage Intro00:46 Meet Lucas Kulbis01:55 From Startup to Burnout02:45 Why Breath Matters04:03 Breathwork for Leaders05:02 Stress Reset Framework08:54 Safety and Co Regulation12:06 Neuroscience of Breathing15:52 Crisis Breath Exercise20:02 Sleep and Daily Habits21:21 Client Results and Revenue25:19 Coherence Breathing Basics28:43 Resources and ClosingConnect with Julia:WebsiteLinkedInFacebookInstagramTake the IMPACTFUL Teamwork Quiz to assess your team's communication, creativity culture, goal clarity, and conflict resolution skills!Listen on Apple PodcastsListen on Spotify
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This podcast is for you if you’re a business owner, business leader, entrepreneur or executive who knows they want to make a real impact in the world and knows they can’t do it alone. Your host is Julia Felton, a leadership and team engagement specialist, who provides unique insights into how to harness the energy of your people to create massive business momentum through unlocking the super-power of teamwork. Some of the questions we grapple with are: - You know you need a team to help you but how do you get your team on the same page? - How do you get them pulling in the same direction and not pulling apart? - How do you create a connected, collaborative, cohesive team? In this podcast I will be sharing with you strategies and tactics to help you become the best leader you can be so that you can inspire IMPACTFUL teamwork. Teams that make a real difference. Each podcast will be full of actionable steps you can take and implement immediately. We’ll also be interviewing guests to learn
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