How can leaders in healthcare move beyond transactions to create truly human-centered cultures?

In this episode of the What Juices You Podcast, Dr. Sarah Smithson, physician, educator, and Co-CEO of Relational Leadership Partners, shares how relational leadership transforms not only patient outcomes but also the daily energy of teams.

Drawing on her background as a primary care physician, health systems innovator, and educator, Sarah unpacks why psychological safety, connection, and trust are at the root of resilient, high-performing healthcare teams. She reflects on the risks of purely transactional systems, the everyday practices that foster inclusion and authenticity, and the courage it takes for leaders to shift from “parenting” to true partnership.

Listen in as Sarah and host Brady Wilson explore:

• Why small acts of connection create big ripples in culture and patient care
• How relational leadership skills empower every team member—regardless of hierarchy—to lead authentically
• The link between clinician well-being, psychological safety, and patient outcomes
• Why relational practices are not “nice-to-haves” but essential to sustaining purpose in complex systems

If you’re a leader who wants to create healthier, more human workplaces—inside and outside healthcare—this conversation with Sarah Smithson will show you the power of leading with connection.

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Transforming Workplace Engagement For Over 20 Years

Whether you’re looking to grow leadership capabilities, build high-performance teams or fuel everyday innovation, Juice’s proven content and customized learning solutions will deliver lasting impact and help you transform your workplace. For 20 years, we’ve partnered with companies around the world to transform employee engagement. Every day, we work with leaders like you to unlock the energy needed to fuel performance.

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How do we keep engaging—through work, retirement, and even life’s toughest transitions?

In this episode of the What Juices You Podcast, employee engagement expert and author David Zinger joins Brady Wilson to share why engagement isn’t a static metric, but a verb you live daily.

Founder of the Employee Engagement Network and a lifelong educator, David reframes engagement as an act of agency, mindfulness, and play. From practicing “10-minute engagement zones” to volunteering in a palliative ward, he shows how engagement is both a gift to your present and an investment in your future self.

David and Brady dive into retirement, trust in organizations, the necessity of demands, and even making peace with death as a “final friend.” His perspective invites leaders to see engagement not as something done to us, but as a dynamic choice we can make—moment by moment.

In this conversation you’ll learn:

• Why engagement as a verb creates energy across every stage of life
• How today’s choices fuel your “future self” in retirement and beyond
• The role of mindfulness, micro-lingering, and play in leadership
• What palliative care can teach us about living fully engaged
• Why freedom without demands may actually drain energy

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Transforming Workplace Engagement For Over 20 Years

Whether you’re looking to grow leadership capabilities, build high-performance teams or fuel everyday innovation, Juice’s proven content and customized learning solutions will deliver lasting impact and help you transform your workplace. For 20 years, we’ve partnered with companies around the world to transform employee engagement. Every day, we work with leaders like you to unlock the energy needed to fuel performance.

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How do you lead a fast-growing town with small-town roots—and keep people energized through change?

In this episode of the What Juices You podcast, Doug Nadorozny, Chief Administrative Officer for the Town of Aurora, shares his unique leadership journey—from building a thriving tech company in Northern Ontario, to guiding municipalities through growth, complexity, and cultural transformation.

Doug reflects on lessons learned from his entrepreneurial days—like empowering employees with “mission statement credit cards”—and how those principles still shape his approach to government leadership. He also unpacks Aurora’s 10-year transformation: developing a high-functioning executive team, implementing an Integrated Business Planning Process that other municipalities now admire, and building a culture ready for big projects and rapid growth.

What you’ll learn from Doug:

• Why empowering people to make values-based decisions sustains trust and performance
• How difficult conversations and patient leadership shape culture and teams
• The power of integrating strategy, budgeting, and culture into one coherent system
• Why legacy isn’t about projects alone, but the culture and capacity you leave behind

If you’re a leader facing complexity, balancing politics and people, or striving to turn small-town charm into large-town sophistication, Doug’s story offers practical wisdom and inspiration.

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Transforming Workplace Engagement For Over 20 Years

Whether you’re looking to grow leadership capabilities, build high-performance teams or fuel everyday innovation, Juice’s proven content and customized learning solutions will deliver lasting impact and help you transform your workplace. For 20 years, we’ve partnered with companies around the world to transform employee engagement. Every day, we work with leaders like you to unlock the energy needed to fuel performance.

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How do you lead a business through feast and famine—and keep people at the center?

In this episode of the What Juices You podcast, Merlin Bartel, President & CEO of the Epic Group of Companies, shares how a passion for empowering the “underdog” has guided his leadership from the very beginning.

What started in 2001 with a single roofing truck has grown into a diverse group of companies spanning construction, restoration, exteriors, and even software. Yet Merlin’s true fuel remains the same: creating opportunity, belonging, and resilience through people.

In this conversation with host Brady Wilson, Merlin reflects on:

• How a heart for the underdog shaped Epic’s inclusive culture, now home to staff from 20+ nations.
• Why lived values—not just words on a wall—build the kind of trust and culture that last decades.
• How Epic sustains energy in a feast-or-famine industry through diversification, innovation, and treating subcontractors as true partners.
• The story of launching and selling SumoQuote, and how it created life-changing opportunities for his team.
• Why servant leadership, succession planning, and vision for the future keep him energized today.

If you’re a leader who believes culture and resilience grow from putting people first, this conversation with Merlin Bartel will inspire you to think bigger and lead deeper.

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Transforming Workplace Engagement For Over 20 Years

Whether you’re looking to grow leadership capabilities, build high-performance teams or fuel everyday innovation, Juice’s proven content and customized learning solutions will deliver lasting impact and help you transform your workplace. For 20 years, we’ve partnered with companies around the world to transform employee engagement. Every day, we work with leaders like you to unlock the energy needed to fuel performance.

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How do you sustain energy, connection, and purpose in one of the most demanding areas of healthcare?

In this episode of the What Juices You podcast, Kelley Myers, Vice President of Human Resources and Organizational Development at VHA Home HealthCare, shares how she helps thousands of frontline care providers stay energized while supporting patients and families in deeply challenging circumstances.

Kelley reflects on early lessons from a “great boss” who modeled passion, intelligence, care, and love for his work—and how those qualities became her own leadership compass. She also reveals the three pillars VHA uncovered by listening to staff stories:

• Leading with Purpose – striving to be at the forefront of advocacy, research, and care.
• Creating Bonds that Matter – building relationships with colleagues as deeply as with clients.
• Being Empowered Every Day – trusting and equipping people to bring their best in unpredictable environments.

Kelley and host Brady Wilson explore how culture, recognition, and storytelling sustain energy in healthcare teams—and how organizations can nurture bonds and empowerment even under pressure.

If you’re a leader committed to building cultures where people feel connected, trusted, and purposeful, this conversation with Kelley Myers will inspire you to lead with both heart and clarity.

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Transforming Workplace Engagement For Over 20 Years

Whether you’re looking to grow leadership capabilities, build high-performance teams or fuel everyday innovation, Juice’s proven content and customized learning solutions will deliver lasting impact and help you transform your workplace. For 20 years, we’ve partnered with companies around the world to transform employee engagement. Every day, we work with leaders like you to unlock the energy needed to fuel performance.

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How do you build trust and create a culture that fuels both people and performance?

In this episode of the What Juices You podcast, Todd Rutkowski, Chief Culture Officer at Epic Group, shares how he helps leaders and teams thrive by putting trust, accountability, and human connection at the center of organizational life.

From empowering people to take ownership, to aligning around shared goals, to staying grounded in the human side of business, Todd’s approach offers valuable lessons for any leader who wants to drive results without sacrificing culture.

In this conversation with host Brady Wilson, Todd shares:

• How to cultivate deep trust that energizes teams
• Why shared accountability accelerates both culture and results
• The leadership mindset that sustains energy over the long haul

If you’re a leader who believes that culture and results go hand in hand, this conversation with Todd Rutkowski will inspire you to lead with clarity, trust, and purpose.

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Transforming Workplace Engagement For Over 20 Years

Whether you’re looking to grow leadership capabilities, build high-performance teams or fuel everyday innovation, Juice’s proven content and customized learning solutions will deliver lasting impact and help you transform your workplace. For 20 years, we’ve partnered with companies around the world to transform employee engagement. Every day, we work with leaders like you to unlock the energy needed to fuel performance.

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How do small moments of connection ripple out to create healthier, happier communities?

In this episode of the What Juices You podcast, Pete Bombaci—Founder and CEO of GenWell—shares why human connection is more than a “nice-to-have.” It’s a fundamental source of energy that fuels well-being, resilience, and impact.

From his leadership journey to launching Canada’s Human Connection Movement, Pete reflects on the science behind social connection, the risks of disconnection, and the practical steps leaders can take to strengthen culture through authentic relationships. He also spotlights the upcoming GenWell Weekend, a nationwide invitation to pause and reconnect face-to-face.

In conversation with host Brady Wilson, Pete explores:

• Why connection is a human necessity, not just a social luxury
• How loneliness and disconnection undermine health, happiness, and performance
• Simple ways leaders can energize teams by creating cultures of belonging

If you’re a leader who believes that meaningful human connection is the foundation for thriving people and thriving organizations, Pete’s insights will inspire you to prioritize what matters most.

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Transforming Workplace Engagement For Over 20 Years

Whether you’re looking to grow leadership capabilities, build high-performance teams or fuel everyday innovation, Juice’s proven content and customized learning solutions will deliver lasting impact and help you transform your workplace. For 20 years, we’ve partnered with companies around the world to transform employee engagement. Every day, we work with leaders like you to unlock the energy needed to fuel performance.

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How do you sustain your energy, make a meaningful impact, and build a lasting legacy when the demands never stop?

In one of America’s most complex healthcare systems, Bob Madden has a rare role: sustaining the energy of physicians, nurses, and teams so they can deliver exceptional outcomes—despite rising demands and limited resources. As Senior Director of Learning and Professional Development at the Permanente Medical Group, Bob has learned how to help high-drive leaders reconnect to what fuels them, prevent burnout, and translate patient-centered relational skills into powerful leadership.

In this conversation with host Brady Wilson, Bob shares:

• The Four Habits that elevate both patient care and team leadership
• Why “mattering enough” is a powerful antidote to burnout
• How to keep work fresh, energizing, and legacy-building—even after years in the same role

If you’re a leader who values sustaining your team’s energy, making a difference that lasts, and leaving a legacy you’re proud of, this conversation with Bob Madden will inspire you to lead with both purpose and connection.

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Transforming Workplace Engagement For Over 20 Years

Whether you’re looking to grow leadership capabilities, build high-performance teams or fuel everyday innovation, Juice’s proven content and customized learning solutions will deliver lasting impact and help you transform your workplace. For 20 years, we’ve partnered with companies around the world to transform employee engagement. Every day, we work with leaders like you to unlock the energy needed to fuel performance.

• Leadership Training Programs
• Learning Experiences
• Leadership Resources
• Webinars & Workshops
• About Juice