Money Lessons with Andrew Temte, PhD, CFA
Episodes
My Word is My Bond
27 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A business is a collection of written and unwritten contracts with and between employees, vendors, governmental agencies, and customers. A high functi...
Grace, Dignity, Compassion
20 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How can we reduce political polarization? I fear that we are becoming anesthetized to what would be considered vicious, uncivil, unacceptable, and unp...
Writing: An Essential Leadership Skill
13 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
One of the unpleasant truths of leadership is that the people who populate your organization (at all levels) are constantly trying to divine your posi...
Leadership: It's Not About You
06 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The starting point for the journey to change your culture takes real courage and is an application of courage that doesn’t get nearly enough airplay...
The Skill of Active Listening
29 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
By definition, when someone is listening, someone else is speaking - either verbally, through the written word, or both. To ensure that the conversati...
The Benefits of Becoming Multidimensional
22 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I believe in bringing more of one's “whole or best self” to work. I believe that a diversity of voices and lived experiences leads to a richer tap...
A Corporate Culture Story
15 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As time passes, the business matures, growth slows, and entropy sets in. Leaders and team members pull their heads up and take a look around at the st...
Integrity & Compassion
08 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the Saturday Morning Muse! In this episode, I'm talking about what integrity means and propose a simplified definition. Here's an excerpt: ...
Posture, Self Confidence, and Well-Being
01 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode tells the story of 10-year-old Andy as a member of the La Crosse Boychoir, my mentor, Dan Johnson-Wilmot, and outlines three benefits of ...
The Case for Compassionate Leadership
25 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
My goal with this muse is to gently, but purposefully change the arc of the conversation in corporate circles around the concept of empathy and empath...
Budgeting and Building Financial Acumen
18 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Financial literacy is a woefully underdeveloped skill in both our homes and businesses. I frequently hear business leaders lament about the lack of fi...
Does Your Budgeting Process Add Value?
11 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today, I'm musing about turning your company's budgeting process from wasteful drudgery to a value-adding exercise that helps develop individuals, tea...
Are You a Boss or a Leader?
04 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
So how do we balance control and empowerment? How do we create a high trust, high accountability workplace? We do so by installing a clear set of guar...
Overcoming Imposter Syndrome
27 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Excerpt: If I’m living my personal purpose in both life and work and striving toward my long-term personal vision, then the likelihood that I feel u...
Wrestling with Imposter Syndrome
20 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Episode Excerpt: "What I do know is that reducing the negative feelings that accompany my imposter syndrome has distinct benefits. My anxiety is much ...
Am I Adding Value?
13 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today, we’re talking about one of the most important questions we must ask ourselves. That question is: Am I Adding Value? Am I adding value at work...
The (not so) Secret Formula for Success Part II
13 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Once you’ve come to terms with and start loving the unique human that is you, then achieving your definition of success boils down to relationships ...
Practicing the Skill of Mindfulness
13 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We fill our lives with busy and hurry—seldom, if ever, stopping to check in with ourselves and ensure we’re living out the promise of our purpose....
The (not so) Secret Formula for Success
13 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What’s the formula for career success? There are endless consultants and prognosticators who claim to have the golden ticket to success. I’ve thou...
The Downside of Side Conversations
13 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We’ve all been there. The conference room is packed with attendees for the big presentation. The projector comes to life and the speakers begin walk...
The Importance of Coachability
13 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
There will be times when you’re the smartest person in the room and others when you need a helping hand. Your colleagues will quickly become exhaust...
Clear Goals Matter
13 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What do your people want (other than more money)? They want clarity, autonomy, empowerment, respect, and organizational accountability. They want to m...
Reducing Emotional Waste in Business
13 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Your people need to hear from you. Radio silence is a terrible management practice and is a big driver of employee dissatisfaction. In the case of our...
Connecting Stewardship and Diversity
13 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
One of the biggest errors a leader can make is to hire team members who are direct reflections of themselves. Yes, it can be temporarily convenient to...
"I Get To" v "I Have To"
13 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Are you feeling disengaged or ‘stuck’ at work? Does it feel like you’re trudging through mud and that the light in your eyes has dimmed? From my...
How to Build Empathy? Listen.
13 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Far too often, when confronted with a challenge, we talk. We talk to deflect. We talk because we don’t know what else to do. We talk to release nerv...
Yes, They're Talking About You!
13 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
There are many truisms in business, and one that doesn’t get nearly enough attention is that as a leader rises through the ranks of an organization,...
The Weakest Link
13 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Earlier this summer, I was in unavoidable earshot of a conversation between two acquaintances regarding team performance—specifically about an opera...
Resilience and Recovery
13 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Resilience is defined as “the capacity to withstand or to recover quickly from difficulties” (Oxford Dictionaries). The American Psychological Ass...
The Power of Music
13 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Embrace the power of music. There’s an old saying that my father often repeats: “Keep a smile on your face and a song in your heart.” In this fo...
Self Love Comes First
13 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On The Balancing Act Podcast, I routinely ask my guests for the advice they would give our listeners on how to optimize the balancing act between tech...
Purpose & Posture
13 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The popular press is filled with “how to” guides on personal and professional fulfillment as well as tons of click bait on fad diets, how to get i...
Navigating the Feelings of Failure
13 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“There are no failures in life, only learning opportunities.” “It’s only a failure if you don’t learn from it.” Phrases like this are desi...
AI and Lifelong Learning
13 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
AI, AI, AI. Everyone’s talking about the challenges and opportunities that individuals, corporations, institutions, and governments face as artifici...
Is Hybrid/Remote Work Doomed to Fail?
13 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I get asked periodically how companies will maintain and grow healthy corporate cultures in an environment of hybrid and/or fully remote work. The arg...
The Value of Changing Perspective
13 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I love puzzles that test my mind. My go-to right now is Sudoku at the “Beware: Very Challenging” level. I find the task of searching for patterns ...
The Art of Self-Reflection, Part 2
13 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Last week, we outlined the pre-conditions to effective self-reflection and introduced the concepts of self-awareness, cognitive (unconscious) bias, an...
The Art of Self Refection, Part 1
13 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In my previous writings, I talk a lot about the benefits of engaging in constructive self-reflection. In my Personal Planning Guidebook, which is a fr...
Striving to Be a Net Giver
13 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Giving versus taking. This is one of, if not the, most important balancing acts we play throughout our lives. We come into this world naked and comple...