Episode 319 – Eric Pierre
Eric is an Accountant & Basketball Player
Eric Pierre talks about his passion for basketball, his brief career playing with the semi-pros, how he applies his skills from basketball in the office, and why its good to have a passion outside of the office!
Episode Highlights
• Why he wears Jordan 11’s
• Starting in baseball
• Why he got into basketball
• Playing for the San Diego Guardians
• Assigning roles in the office
• Why workplace culture relies at the top
• How he humanizes himself at work
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Episode 318 – Clayton Oates
Clayton is an Accounting Technologist & Gardener
Clayton Oates returns to the podcast to talk about how he is satisfying his travel bug through the pandemic, his gardening, helping small businesses, and taking time for yourself!
Episode Highlights
• Places he visited in the last couple of years
• Traveling locally
• Getting into gardening
• Becoming more aware of other people’s hobbies
• Shifting focus towards helping small businesses
• Finding an And for retirement
• Taking time to be still with your own thoughts
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Episode 317 – Scott Orn
Scott is a COO & Volunteer
Scott Orn talks about his passion for running and moderating his non-profit “Ben’s Friends”, which was started for a friend who had a rare brain aneurysm and serves the need of expanding a network of other affected by it! Scott also talks about how he got this group started, what it provides, and how it has affected his life in the office!
Episode Highlights
• Starting “Ben’s Friends”
• What “Ben’s Friends” provides
• How his work in the non-profit translates to his work in the office
• Having support from colleagues
• Relating to entrepreneurs
• How Kruze Consulting encourages sharing outside interests
• How organizations should make space for a desired culture
• Help save your team from themselves
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Episode 316 – Tom Wheeland
Tom is an Accountant & Griller
Tom Wheeland returns to the podcast from episode 138 to talk about his new passion in cooking and grilling! He also talks about how important it is for a leader to be open and vulnerable to make an impact within your organization!
Episode Highlights
• Got away from hiking after Grand Canyon trip
• Getting into cooking
• Why having something relatable to talk about is important
• The impact of being vulnerable
• The culture he tries to establish at BKD, LLP
• Let them know you were there
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Episode 315 – Georgia Green
Georgia is a CEO & Adventurer
Georgia Green, CEO of BEUrevolution, talks about some of her adventures and how she balanced between her travels and being the CEO of a company. She also talks about why she felt this was the best hobby for her and why the individual sets the tone in a company!
Episode Highlights
• Filling the gap between school and retirement
• 4000 mile bike ride
• Why she moved to Texas
• Her cross country trip
• Coordinating business calls and making deadlines while traveling
• Letting go of the outcome
• How colleagues reacted to her travels
• Discovery vs failure stigma
• Why change comes from the individual
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Episode 314 – Chris Hooper
Chris is an Accountant & Outdoorsman & Volunteer Firefighter
Chris Hooper returns to the podcast from episode 68 to talk about his semi-retirement from accounting and how he has been spending his time from continuing weightlifting to becoming a volunteer firefighter!
Episode Highlights
• Chris is still weightlifting
• He witnessed friends go professional in WWE
• The support system in weightlifting communities
• Why he semi-retired from accounting
• Joining the country fire service
• Why the skills in firefighting do not translate to accounting
• Why he feels people share less about their hobbies recently
• When discussing hobbies, it is about who makes the first move
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Episode 313 – Shehan Chandrasekera
Shehan is an Accountant & Rock Climber
Shehan Chandrasekera talks about how a co-worker introduced him to bouldering, how it helps him take his mind off work, the skills it provides him in the office, and much more!
Episode Highlights
• Getting into bouldering
• How it distracts him from work
• How bouldering improves his problem-solving skills in the office
• The roadblocks of creating an open culture in the accounting industry
• Setting expectations throughout the industry
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Episode 312 – Chris Brown
Chris is an Accountant & Worship Leader
Chris Brown returns to the podcast from episode 105 to talk about his growth within his leadership academy, playing guitar for his worship band, and how workplace culture is influenced by his experience in the leadership academy!
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• Becoming a worship pastor
• Continues to play guitar in a worship band
• The culture at his office
• How the leadership academy influences his career as an accountant
• How he is encouraging employees to have a better understanding of each other
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Episode 311 – Scott Dell
Scott is an Accountant & Motorcyclist
Dr. Scott Dell talks about his passion for motorcycles and how it has provided a platform for networking either through motorcycle groups or in the office!
Episode Highlights
• Getting into motorcycles
• Getting a motorcycle as a surprise gift
• Riding with his 5-year-old to Washington, D.C.
• Meeting people through teaching motorcycle classes
• Starting an accounting motorcycle club
• How his passion for motorcycling translates to his skills in the office
• Roles that both the organization and individual have in workplace culture
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Episode 310 – Warwick Jackson
Warwick is an Accountant & Aussie Rules Football Player
Warwick returns to the podcast from episode 79 to update us on his Aussie football career! He talks about building connections with teammates and fans of football, making it to the grand finals, and his new hobby, playing the guitar!
Episode Highlights
• Grand finals
• Differences in Aussie Rules football
• Connecting with people through football
• Picking up the guitar
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