{"podcast":{"title":"People. Process. Progress.","slug":"own-move-anchor-mindset-leadership-kevin-pannell-844951","podcast_index_feed_id":844951,"rss_url":"https://feeds.blubrry.com/feeds/peopleprocessprogress.xml","website_url":"https://podcast.show/poeopleprocessprogress/","image_url":"https://assets.blubrry.com/coverart/1400/918262-45905.jpg","author":"Kevin Pannell","episode_count":300,"summary":"Why do some teams consistently move forward while others stay busy but struggle to make progress? People. Process. Progress. explores leadership, organizational effectiveness, project and program delivery, communication, prioritization, change, and the realities of helping people and organizations move forward. Hosted by Kevin Pannell, an IT PMO leader, former healthcare leader, Navy Corpsman, EMS Captain, emergency manager, author, and speaker, the podcast focuses on the lessons that appear across industries, teams, and life itself. Whether the topic is project management, organizational change, leadership, fitness, resilience, customer alignment, or team performance, the same principles often emerge. People matter. Process matters. Progress matters. Each episode examines what gets in the way of progress, what creates alignment, and what leaders can do to help individuals, teams, and organizations achieve meaningful outcomes. No buzzwords. No corporate theater. No silver bullets. Just practical conversations about people, process, and progress.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-02T22:18:59.528544+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/own-move-anchor-mindset-leadership-kevin-pannell-844951"},"episode":{"title":"What Matt Serra Taught Me About Building Great Teams","slug":"what-matt-serra-taught-me-about-onboarding-teams-bjj-leadership-and-pmo-culture","published_at":"2026-05-19T15:42:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/own-move-anchor-mindset-leadership-kevin-pannell-844951/what-matt-serra-taught-me-about-onboarding-teams-bjj-leadership-and-pmo-culture","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/own-move-anchor-mindset-leadership-kevin-pannell-844951","url":"https://podcast.show/poeopleprocessprogress/episode/153894026/","audio_url":"https://media.blubrry.com/peopleprocessprogress/ins.blubrry.com/peopleprocessprogress/What_Matt_Serra_Tauht_Me_About_Onboarding.mp3","summary":"What can PMO leaders, healthcare IT teams, and organizational leaders learn from UFC Hall of Famer Matt Serra’s approach to onboarding new Brazilian Jiu Jitsu students? Quite a bit. In this episode, What Matt Serra Taught Me About Onboarding Teams, Kevin Pannell reflects on lessons from BJJ, emergency management, healthcare IT, and PMO leadership to explore why new employees are basically white belts and why good onboarding matters more than most organizations realize. The conversation covers: • onboarding and organizational culture • confidence through repetition • balancing accountability with support • psychological safety and leadership • progressive exposure versus overwhelming people • lessons from Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Incident Management Teams A central theme throughout the episode: “New people do not need to be tested immediately. They need to be developed.” Own your mind. Move your body. Anchor your spirit. Godspeed, y’all.","meta_description":"What can PMO leaders, healthcare IT teams, and organizational leaders learn from UFC Hall of Famer Matt Serra’s approach to onboarding new Brazilian Jiu J…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":598,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/own-move-anchor-mindset-leadership-kevin-pannell-844951/episodes/what-matt-serra-taught-me-about-onboarding-teams-bjj-leadership-and-pmo-culture/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/own-move-anchor-mindset-leadership-kevin-pannell-844951/what-matt-serra-taught-me-about-onboarding-teams-bjj-leadership-and-pmo-culture.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}