{"podcast":{"title":"Embracing Digital Transformation","slug":"embracing-digital-transformation-441152","podcast_index_feed_id":441152,"rss_url":"https://feeds.transistor.fm/embracing-digital-transformation-773aba93-f01b-4760-b6dd-b9124960d507","website_url":"https://embracingdigital.org/","image_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/6PjgCmM4ZQWZw6En18xkZC5Yip2mfIQSrFAoA9tOrLY/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9jM2Ji/MDk1OTdiYzA4ZWMw/NWNlOTY0N2RhMWQ3/YmY5Mi5wbmc.jpg","author":"Dr. Darren Pulsipher","episode_count":356,"summary":"Dr. Darren Pulsipher, Chief Enterprise Architect for Public Sector, author and professor, investigates effective change leveraging people, process, and technology. Which digital trends are a flash in the pan—and which will form the foundations of lasting change? With in-depth discussion and expert interviews, Embracing Digital Transformation finds the signal in the noise of the digital revolution. People Workers are at the heart of many of today’s biggest digital transformation projects. Learn how to transform public sector work in an era of rapid disruption, including overcoming the security and scalability challenges of the remote work explosion. Processes Building an innovative IT organization in the public sector starts with developing the right processes to evolve your information management capabilities. Find out how to boost your organization to the next level of data-driven innovation. Technologies From the data center to the cloud, transforming public sector IT infrastructure depends on having the right technology solutions in place. Sift through confusing messages and conflicting technologies to find the true lasting drivers of value for IT organizations.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-23T14:20:57.449452+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/embracing-digital-transformation-441152"},"episode":{"title":"#339 The 8X Revenue Secret: Engaging Employees Like a Coach","slug":"339-the-8x-revenue-secret-engaging-employees-like-a-coach","published_at":"2026-06-04T02:51:59+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/embracing-digital-transformation-441152/339-the-8x-revenue-secret-engaging-employees-like-a-coach","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/embracing-digital-transformation-441152","url":"https://share.transistor.fm/s/a258db05","audio_url":"https://2.gum.fm/op3.dev/e/pdcn.co/e/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/media.transistor.fm/a258db05/4aec8683.mp3","summary":"Check out my new book AI Augmented Teams on Amazon or on my website paidar.ai/books. # Engage Employees Like a Coach: Insights from Stephen Bear Are you aware that a staggering 79% of employees worldwide are disengaged or highly disengaged? In this episode of Embracing Digital Transformation, host Dr. Darren discusses the critical need for employee engagement with guest Stephen Bear, a seasoned expert in workforce engagement and author of the upcoming book “Psychology.” Get ready to uncover valuable strategies for turning your workforce into passionate contributors and building a thriving organizational culture. ## Key Takeaways: - **Understanding the Cost of Disengagement**: Recognizing that disengaged employees cost organizations significantly more than investing in their development is crucial. - **Coaching vs. Managing**: Shift your perspective from simply managing employees to coaching them, enabling a deeper level of connection and accountability in the workplace. - **The Five Components of Engagement**: Stephen introduces his “Forever Framework,” which emphasizes identity, belonging, contribution, recognition, and progress to help foster employee engagement. - **Tailored Engagement for Different Levels**: While engagement strategies apply to all employees, middle management plays a pivotal role in execution and must be nurtured to ensure effective coaching and development. - **Data-Driven Human Connections**: Leverage data to personalize the employee experience, focusing on soft skills that create meaningful connections and elevate organizational performance. ## Chapters: - 00:00 – Introduction to the episode and guest Stephen Bear - 02:30 – The alarming statistics on employee disengagement - 05:10 – Transitioning from managing to coaching employees - 08:00 – Th…","meta_description":"Check out my new book AI Augmented Teams on Amazon or on my website paidar.ai/books. # Engage Employees Like a Coach: Insights from Stephen Bear Are you a…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2114,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/embracing-digital-transformation-441152/episodes/339-the-8x-revenue-secret-engaging-employees-like-a-coach/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/embracing-digital-transformation-441152/339-the-8x-revenue-secret-engaging-employees-like-a-coach.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}