Author Recap: Lower Anxiety at Work? Embrace a People-First and Socially Responsible Culture

Lower Anxiety at Work? Embrace a People-First and Socially Responsible Culture

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Highlights: 📍

🗣️❤️ Embracing a People-First Culture 
🧠💪 Building Resilience and Overcoming Challenges 
🔄🌟 The Impact of Philanthropy & Social Responsibility

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Transcript

Well, Ches, you say you have two and a half pages of notes. I better turn it over to you first. No, but I don't. I've got two pages, but I thought, you know, just terrific, Payam. It's so heartening for us to be preaching to the choir here. We had somebody on that this is the epitome of a CEO that we try to coach, that we try to develop because they are more successful. People want to work with them. You could just see the goodness that was emanating out of Payam. Yeah, how he embraced the spiritual side. Everyone is noble, you know, and should be treated with respect. You know, I don't wish ill on anyone. I don't want my competitors to fail, right? I want them to have good lives. I want communities. And the way he translates that, he talked about those six virtues and so on. When was the last time you heard a company where one of their core values was love? Justice, unity and intention, truthfulness. The goodness just oozed out of Payam. It was just so refreshing and then just to jump to the near the end of our conversation when he said hey look I have good days and bad days, too I I'm humble in knowing that I can you know be a better person I can continually learn I can defer to People that you know have more wisdom than I have and then of course his personal story of being a Baha'i Of the Baha'i faith in Iran, the persecution he went through, didn't abandon his faith and didn't lose his humanity. You know, didn't become angry or vengeful or revengeful, right? So, some of my takeaways, but what did you write down? You know, some of these things were really powerful, you know, the idea of truthfulness, which, you know, it sounds like, yeah, it's Boy Scouts, it's so simple, but it's so important in today's culture where there's so much disinformation, so many people trying to get ahead by whatever means to be transparent, to allow people to communicate, to be honest, which also led into his next sort of foundational principle of justice, which is so important that people see this and it's incredibly anxiety-inducing to have a lack of justice. As we were working on our motivators assessment, if you remember, that was one of the motivators that we were actually playing to see if that would be part of it. Because justice is so inherent to people and nothing will create discord more than feeling like, you know, things aren't equal here. So how are you worrying about that in your life and in your culture, it's great. Yeah. My last big takeaway was this universal philanthropy. Can our business change the world? Well, maybe, probably not. Adopt people that are changing the world and support them. They've got the expertise, they've got the insights, they know what they're doing, whether in South America or fresh water in Africa or whatever your inclination is, what are you doing? And endorse that universal philanthropy. And then of course, you know, your employees feel great about coming to work. You're doing good things. You're making things happen. Just so refreshing. I am telling you, I feel a lot better about life in general after talking to Talking to my aunt. Yeah, there are good people and I'll not know we are by the way You know Chester and I our company the culture works. We support one tree planted We have other charities as well But but when we when we go out and do a speech when we have somebody help us with something We plant a tree somewhere in the world for or several trees for for that and that's how we give back and so but you know choose something that you're passionate about. And I love that idea that they have found things for girls, for after school, for in impoverished countries that were really making a difference. Find something that matters to you. Love that idea. Have a just cause, as Payam said. Yeah, yeah. You know, it is so interesting, just that gratitude that he exudes for his people, for his business, for his story, for his spiritual life was wonderful. And of course, whenever we express gratitude, we express gratitude for our wonderful producer, Brent Klein, and to Christy Lawrence, who helps us find all these amazing guests. If you liked our podcast, please share it with your friends and family. We'd love you to visit thecultureworks.com for some free resources to help you and your team thrive and excel. It is about culture. I love that he talked about it's people and it's culture first. Get that right, things go a lot better. We've got some wonderful free tools for you at thecultureworks.com. We certainly do. Of course, pick up a copy if you haven't already of Anxiety at Work, our best-selling book. We also have a training now that ties into this, which is just remarkable, featuring leaders from around the world, helping us talk about some of these most important subjects that will help you build a more resilient team. And just, you know, we love speaking to audiences around the world, virtually or in person, on the topics of resilience, culture, leadership, teamwork. So give us a call, we'd love to talk to you about your event. Yeah, we do. We've spoken in over 40 countries. Listen, it's been a delight to spend some time with you, Adrian. Of course, it was an amazing experience with Payam Zamani. Again, his book, Crossing the Desert, The Power of Embracing Life's Difficult Journeys. Pick up a copy for you and for a friend. But, Adrian, I always give you the last word. Thanks, everybody, for joining us today. Until next time, we wish you the best in mental health. Thank you.