Sustaining growth, deepening connections, and driving development. This audiocast is designed for those ready to take action. It builds on the skills you learned in Chapman Foundation classes and inspires you to apply them. Each episode provides tools for listening, building trust, and intentional leadership. You'll hear alumni success stories and gain insights from CFCC facilitators. Every episode offers clear actions, direct challenges, and actionable takeaways to drive progress, with lessons…
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Psychological safety is one of the most talked-about concepts in leadership today. But what happens when growth, change, and pressure begin to test the trust organizations have worked so hard to build? In this episode of Beyond the Class , Chapman Foundation Chief Program Officer Katie Trotter explores a common misconception: psychological safety is not a cultural perk or a leadership personality…
What if what looks like a performance problem is actually a relationship problem? In this episode of Beyond the Class , Heather McDermott, Senior Director of Learning Innovation at the Chapman Foundation, explore s a growing challenge facing organizations today: declining trust, rising stress, and disengaged employees. While many leaders focus on improving results through policies, processes, or…
Every organization has a culture. The real question is whether it's happening by design or by default. Culture is something organizations can build, but the question for many leaders is: how? In this episode of Beyond the Class, Misty Janks, Organizational Psychologist and CEO, breaks down the Chapman Foundation's Caring Workplace program —what it is, why it exists, and how it helps organizations…
Meaning isn't built with slogan s . It's created through daily experiences, and it can fuel results. In this episode of Beyond the Class , Misty Janks, Organizational Psychologist and CEO of the Chapman Foundation for Caring Communities, challenges a common misconception: that meaning lives in mission statements or motivational language. Instead, she reframes meaning as something employees either…
Some skills are worth revisiting, especially when connection depends on more than words alone. In this episode, we continue the Replay & Retool series, helping alumni revisit core concepts and gain practical tools. We're revisiting the second part of a conversation with facilitator Leanne Van Beek , where we move beyond digital communication and into moments where we are already face‑to‑face. This…
Some skills are worth revisiting, especially when the way we communicate keeps changing. In this episode, we continue the Replay & Retool series, helping alumni revisit core concepts and gain practical tools. We're revisiting a conversation with facilitator, Leanne Van Beek, in which we explore how nonverbal communication shows up — and often breaks down — in fast ‑ moving , technology ‑ heavy…
Emotional intelligence isn't a soft skill. It's core infrastructure. In this episode of Beyond the Class , Katie Trotter, Chief Program Officer at the Chapman Foundation for Caring Communities, challenges a common assumption: that emotional intelligence is an individual trait rather than an organization's shared responsibility. As the conversation unfolds, Katie reframes emotional intelligence as…
Some skills are worth revisiting. Some tools become more powerful each time you return to them. In this episode of Beyond the Class , we continue our new Replay & Retool series — created to help Chapman Foundation alumni reconnect with foundational concepts and walk away with fresh, immediately actionable tools. We're revisiting a conversation with Chief Program Officer Katie Trotter about two…
Some skills are worth revisiting. Some tools become more powerful each time you return to them. In this episode of Beyond the Class , we introduce our new Replay & Retool series — created to help Chapman Foundation alumni reconnect with foundational concepts and walk away with fresh, immediately actionable tools. We're revisiting a conversation with Chief Program Officer Katie Trotter about two…
Culture isn't a department. It's a daily practice. In this episode of Beyond the Class , Misty Janks, CEO of the Chapman Foundation, returns to tackle a common misconception: that organizational culture belongs only to HR or leadership. Misty reminds us that culture is a lived experience shaped by every interaction—every email, meeting, and hallway conversation. She shares five actionable steps…
