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Jade with Martiene van Steyn on The Secret to Productive and Profitable Teams… Happiness?

Author
Jade Green
Published
Sun 25 Apr 2021
Episode Link
https://shows.acast.com/barrelsandbusiness/episodes/jade-with-martiene-van-steyn-on-the-secret-to-productive-and

Have you found your TRUE PURPOSE?


It’s never too late to be true to who you are and ensure your business reflects that. In this episode, Martiene van Steyn interviews Jade. She opens up about what brought her to leave her career as a corporate recruiter after more than a decade and the process of finding her purpose.


Martiene lived through something similar. She is a big believer in businesses having their own authentic essence — just as Jade does — and she decided to leave the corporate world to create her own branding, marketing, and production company. 


See any similarities between these two?


You will learn A LOT about finding your purpose and how you can bring this to your business and your team. After Jade realised that she wanted to be the world’s largest enabler of humans that are happy at work, she had to ask herself “well, how do I achieve that?”


Once you have your true purpose you can engineer the steps you have to take to get there. This applies to every part of your life!


Where do you want your business to go? What do you want people to FEEL when they think about you and your business? How do you want the people within your business to feel?


That is how you build a successful brand and how you are able to connect with others to make your business thrive!


Jade and Martiene also talk about the importance of creating a HAPPY WORKPLACE. It might sound cheesy, but it’s been proven. A happy workplace is key.


Happy employees are more productive and more profitable. And guess what? It is YOUR RESPONSIBILITY to provide a healthy workplace. Only YOU can make it happen.


Jade also remarks on the importance of self-care and the fact that YOU DON’T HAVE TO SACRIFICE YOUR LIFE to be successful. 

And you shouldn’t demand this from your employees either. 


A tear or two might be shed in this exciting and extremely honest episode. You’ll see Jade more vulnerable than ever as she talks about her passion and how she found her purpose. And the feeling is contagious!


Do you want to feel it too? Tune in!


Key points 

  • (00:00): Welcome to Barrels and Business!
  • (05:01): Jade reflects on her first business and how she has always been motivated to engineer her life and make things happen.
  • (06:34): Jade’s motivation for reinventing her life and the process of connecting with the things that give her the most joy.
  • (10:14): The responsibility of business owners to provide a healthy and overall good workplace for their employees.
  • (14:38): The most effective way to build the culture of a new business.
  • (15:23): The importance of having a culture DNA and a clear purpose statement that becomes a guiding north star for any business.
  • (19:54): The dangers of looking for how to get to your big goal instead of focusing on who can help you get there.
  • (25:31): The difference between doing the things that we think we need to do as opposed to doing the things that provide fulfillment and that align with our essence. 
  • (28:31): Doing something other than what you really want to avoid rejection and the possibility of failure. 
  • (36:40): Self-care as the best way to create space for smart decisions and developing true creativity. 
  • (40:28): Working excess hours is often a strategy to hide from things. It can be your negative thoughts, issues at home. Whatever it is, it’s not worth it. 
  • (47:16): Purpose, core virtues, culture DNA, and knowing the target audience are all part of building a sustainable brand. And everything needs to show your essence.
  • (53:15): The importance of being human-centric even during times in which everything is virtual.


Key takeaways & quotes 

  • “Goals can be a really dangerous thing in an untrained mind”
  • “Work is where we spend the majority of our time and it’s also the biggest cause of anxiety and depression”
  • “Happiness is the greatest hack for productivity and profitability”
  • “Values are your personal belief and no one can tell you what your values are” 
  • The process doesn’t need to be hard and involve a lot of suffering to get to where you want to be. 
  • Self-care is instrumental to be able to excel at work and have a successful business.
  • “Even the smallest person in your organization has a ripple effect.”
  • “Your brand is not about the logo, it’s about the feeling people have about you and about your business”


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Mentioned resources


  • Culture is Everything: https://amzn.to/3xkEj2H
  • Vivid Vision: https://amzn.to/3v9eQav


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