EP94: Dane Sanders: Helping People Thrive

<p>Workplace culture can be a bit tricky. You know it’s important to keep positive, but how do you really promote that? The employee-employer relationship may just be the key to a thriving business.<br/> <br/>Dane Sanders is the CEO of <a href='http://www.tellmeyourdreams.com'>tellmeyourdreams.com</a>, a therapeutic and performance coaching company whose proven methodology elevates the grit, mental health, and dreams of your best people. He holds an undergraduate degree in business and a graduate degree in philosophy. He’s also authored two best-selling books on the business of creativity and is the host of The Converge Podcast.<br/> <br/>On this episode of the Perfectly Mentored Podcast, Dane and Jason discuss how it’s beneficial for a business that its employees care about it as much as the owner, why it’s important to build a healthy and open culture in the workplace, and what we can do to sustain our mental health as entrepreneurs during a pandemic.<br/><br/><br/></p><p><b>Topics Covered:</b></p><ul><li> Who is Dane Sanders? [0:27] <br/><br/></li><li> How important is that when you’re doing the giving, it’s giving without expectation of return? [06:48] <br/><br/></li><li>Why should employees care about the business as much as the employer? How do you build a culture where that’s possible? [10:15] <br/><br/></li><li>How does one implement that into their culture right now? And what are the best ways to motivate employees to participate in it? [17:26] <br/><br/></li><li> How do you start the dialogue? How does a business owner start implementing this when they haven’t been doing it before? If you’re an employee, how do you bring this up in the workplace? [21:50] <br/><br/></li><li>What do you think about this mindset: As a CEO, you work for your employees, not the other way around? [26:07] <br/><br/></li><li>The lows in entrepreneurship can be extremely low and there is a rising suicide rate among entrepreneurs. How can entrepreneurs take better care of themselves? [34:37] <br/><br/></li><li>What’s your advice