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The (G)LOWdown is a podcast designed to help women develop the, skills and attributes to create greater leadership opportunities. We’re sharing knowledge, lessons learned, and stories from the trenches that will shed light on the female leadership experience and engage all genders to promote, educate, and empower female leaders.
Episodes

Tuesday Jan 17, 2023
Coaching for Clinical Leaders & Future Leaders in Healthcare
Tuesday Jan 17, 2023
Tuesday Jan 17, 2023
We are delighted to be joined by Dr. Neha Raukar and Mindy McManus, executive coach, to discuss the importance of coaching, when to seek it, and how to find an excellent coach. Dr. Raukar, also shares her experience as a clinician and how it benefited her as a leader in the organization.
Highlights:
3:37 What's the difference between Coaching and Mentorship
9:54 What makes a good coach and what characteristics make a coach effective?
18:33 How coaching makes learning happen
20:31 Is there a different approach to coaching clinical leaders from administrative leaders?
28:00 Dr. Raukar, what has been your experience working with a coach?
30:46 When should someone consider a coaching session?
39:06 What can someone expect to take away from a coaching experience?
Resources:
Coaching at Mayo Clinic
International Coaching Federation
We hope you have enjoyed this episode of The (G)LOWdown, and thank you for joining us in cultivating the future of women in leadership. Have feedback, questions, or future podcast ideas?
We’d love to hear from you! Email the Podcast Team at rstglowmergpod@mayo.edu
Special thanks to our team: Heather Vinge Hanson, Bethany Brown, Ashley Xiong, Jill Brady Schatz, Emily Rasmussen, Emily Abram, Tiffani Satterlli & Caitlin Summers. Don’t forget to join us next month and until then, keep your GLOW on.

Wednesday Dec 21, 2022
Team Building in a Remote World
Wednesday Dec 21, 2022
Wednesday Dec 21, 2022
In this episode, hosts Jill and Tiffani welcome guests from the DSS Social Committee to discuss team building while working remotely.

Tuesday Dec 20, 2022
Self-Care During the Holidays
Tuesday Dec 20, 2022
Tuesday Dec 20, 2022
Jill Brady Schatz and Supriya Behl cohost and converse with Bridget Berkland, Manager of the HR Employee Well-Being Department. This episode is focused on Self-Care during the holiday season, discussing financial wellness, nutrition, family, traveling and grief during the holidays. Bridget brings a wealth of experience both professionally and personally sharing her experience with grief, setting boundaries, and finding that space for yourself during the holiday season.
Resources mentioned during the podcast:
Well-Being Central – A hub of resources to foster your well-being and self-care.
Virtual well-being & resiliency coaching groups are a great way to focus on self-care, well-being and connect with colleagues
A Mayo Clinic wellness coach will guide you to:
· Explore coaching skills
· Set goals to improve your well-being & self-care
· Practice resiliency skills
· Connect with colleagues in an encouraging virtual environment
Virtual Well-Being Workshops equip employees with skill-building and colleague connection to foster personal and/or work unit well-being.
We hope you have enjoyed this episode of The (G)LOWdown, and thank you for joining us in cultivating the future of women in leadership. Have feedback, questions, or future podcast ideas?
We’d love to hear from you! Connect with us via Yammer, visit the GLOW Intranet Site, or email the Podcast Team.
Special thanks to our team: Heather Vinge Hanson, Priya Behl, Ashley Xiong, Jill Brady Schatz, Emily Rasmussen, Tiffani Satterlli & Caitlin Summers. Don’t forget to join us next month and until then, keep your GLOW on.

Tuesday Nov 22, 2022
Allyship & Multi-MERG Collaboration
Tuesday Nov 22, 2022
Tuesday Nov 22, 2022
Host Emily sits down with GLOW Officers, Heidi Borgwardt, Lorelei Bandel, and Caitlin Summers along with Executive Sponsor, Josh Murphy to talk about what it means to be an ally. They highlight work GLOW has done to engage men as allies as well as how GLOW collaborates with other MERG's aligning to the mission of OEID.
Resources:
Equity @ Mayo Clinic
About MERGs – Equity @ Mayo Clinic
We hope you have enjoyed this episode of The (G)LOWdown, and thank you for joining us in cultivating the future of women in leadership. Have feedback, questions, or future podcast ideas?
We’d love to hear from you! Connect with us via email rstglowmergpod@mayo.edu
Special thanks to our team: Heather Vinge Hanson, Bethany Brown, Priya Behl, Ashley Xiong, Jill Brady Schatz, Emily Rasmussen, Tiffani Satterlli & Caitlin Summers. Don’t forget to join us next month and until then, keep your GLOW on.

Friday Jun 17, 2022
Ditching Grind Culture Mentality - A Guide to Self-Care
Friday Jun 17, 2022
Friday Jun 17, 2022
In this episode of The (G)LOWdown, co-hosts Priya and Jill interview Heidi Arndt, Employee Assistance Program Counselor to discuss self-care.
Show highlights:
1:10 Background Information
3:00 What can you do as part of self-care that is deeper than the typical recommendations?
4:45 What do you think the future looks like related to self care after the last few years with the pandemic?
6:30 What if you cannot sustain your current life? What should you do?
7:50 What does setting boundaries look like now? How do we look at that?
9:20 What would you say to individuals who have the 'grind culture' mentality?
12:30 What is your thoughts on the effects of social media and how it relates to self-care?
16:35 How can the listeners apply the content you discuss here?
19:05 What is a realistic way to look at the self pie-chart?
23:20 Taking breaks helps productivity
26:00 Transition time, commuting to work, working from home
27:00 Are there any skills that listeners can think about developing when thinking of self-care going forward?
30:13 Is appointments with EAP a one-time thing? Or is it for multiple appointments?
31:45 Value exercises
33:15 What are some things we can do within our teams?
34:50 What is your favorite/most important piece of self care that you practice for yourself?
We hope you have enjoyed this episode of The (G)LOWdown, and thank you for joining us in cultivating the future of women in leadership.
Have feedback, questions, or future podcast ideas? We’d love to hear from you! Connect with us! Email the Podcast Team at RSTGLOWMERGPod@mayo.edu.
Special thanks to our team: Heather Vinge Hanson, Bethany Brown, Priya Behl, Ashley Xiong, Jill Brady Schatz, Melissa Peterson, Emily Rasmussen, Tiffani Satterlli & Caitlin Summers.
Don’t forget to join us next month and until then, keep your GLOW on.

Thursday Jun 02, 2022
From Patient to Employee - Sajel Patel’s Story
Thursday Jun 02, 2022
Thursday Jun 02, 2022
Today's conversation is with Sajel Patel, Senior Program Coordinator within Research to discuss her story with Mayo Clinic, first as a patient, and then as an employee.
Show Highlights:
0:00 Intro
0:45 Can you tell us about your history with Mayo Clinic and your journey getting here?
4:00 How did it feel when you found out you needed a transplant, and that your doctor wanted to send you to Mayo Clinic?
5:45 What was it like knowing you needed a transplant, but having the unknown journey for how long it could take?
8:00 You mentioned something about orange soda beforehand. Can you share what the nurse did for you with an orange soda?
9:40 Do you feel like you are a part of a family here now that you are an employee here too?
10:30 What was your journey coming to Mayo Clinic as an employee?
13:00 When you were hired at Mayo Clinic did you share your own experiences with the people you interacted with?
16:10 How did you go through your experience and remain positive during that time?
19:00 Can you share your experience with organ donors?
20:30 Can you share what happened when you had to go through a second transplant?
25:00 Thank you for sharing your story with us on what it was like being a patient and an employee.
We hope you have enjoyed this episode of The (G)LOWdown, and thank you for joining us in cultivating the future of women in leadership.
Have feedback, questions, or future podcast ideas? We’d love to hear from you! Email the Podcast Team at RSTGLOWMERGPod@mayo.edu.
Special thanks to our team: Heather Vinge Hanson, Bethany Brown, Priya Behl, Ashley Xiong, Jill Brady Schatz, Melissa Peterson, Emily Rasmussen, Tiffani Satterlli & Caitlin Summers.
Don’t forget to join us next month and until then, keep your GLOW on.

Wednesday Apr 13, 2022
Vulnerability in Leadership
Wednesday Apr 13, 2022
Wednesday Apr 13, 2022
Ashley Xiong and Tiffani Satterelli interview Grazi Godard, Senior Service Delivery Manager with IT's Enterprise Infrastructure Services, to discuss the power of vulnerability in leadership.
Show Highlights:
2:13 What does it mean to you to be vulnerable in leadership?
4:10 Can you tell me how vulnerability is seen in good leadership?
6:18 Can you tell us about a time when vulnerability was at the core of an event that led to positive change?
10:26 How do you see yourself as a leader promoting the rumble mentality and engaging in rumbles yourself?
12:29 How do you encourage vulnerability for the sake of innovation and change in your team? How can we encourage the rumble mindset if you have an employee that doesn't want to say anything in that situation?
14:50 How would you address peoples concerns of being perceived as weak if they are being vulnerable?
16:04 What can we do to overcome challenges and have a good experience with vulnerable moments?
17:50 What are some skills we can develop to make our vulnerable moments successful grow moments?
External Resources:
Dare to Lead by Berne Brown
The Power of Vulnerability a Houston X Ted Talk by Berne Brown
Bible in a Year by Father Mike Schmidt
Building a Story Brand
We hope you have enjoyed this episode of The (G)LOWdown, and thank you for joining us in cultivating the future of women in leadership.
Have feedback, questions, or future podcast ideas? We’d love to hear from you! Connect with us via email at RSTGLOWMERGPod@mayo.edu.
Special thanks to our team: Heather Vinge Hanson, Bethany Brown, Priya Behl, Ribu Goyal, Ashley Xiong, Jill Brady Schatz, Melissa Peterson, Emily Rasmussen, Tiffani Satterelli & Caitlin Summers.
Don’t forget to join us next month and until then, keep your GLOW on.

Wednesday Apr 13, 2022
Blending Work with Home
Wednesday Apr 13, 2022
Wednesday Apr 13, 2022
Today's conversation is with Michelle Gishkowsky, IT Program Manager at Mayo Clinic, to discuss how to blend working and home life.
Show Highlights:
0:00 Intro
2:00 What does working and home balance look like for you?
4:10 Taking the time to start a routine is part of the balance for me. How does that come in to play for you?
5:40 You mentioned earlier about setting a boundary, is that signing off at a specific time and not looking back until the next day? How do you do that?
8:00 How important is utilizing your calendar when setting boundaries come in to play?
9:30 What brings you joy outside of the office? What does travel and the "work from anywhere" look like for you, knowing not everyone is able to do that specific part of it?
15:00 When you go on a "workcation" how did you plan or prepare for that? What steps did you need to take?
17:00 What do you feel have been 1-2 takeaways you have found as an advantage from working from home?
20:40 What does blending work/home look like when you are working from your RV?
23:30 Are there any experiences where work/life balance just doesn't exist in your opinion?
24:46 When you first started working what did you plan on pursuing? Did you end up in the area you planned?
28:30 What factors may have drove you to make the career choices you made?
29:30 Who has helped you to get where you are today?
32:06 If you could go back to your first day of working, what is something you wish you could tell yourself?
We hope you have enjoyed this episode of The (G)LOWdown, and thank you for joining us in cultivating the future of women in leadership.
Have feedback, questions, or future podcast ideas? We’d love to hear from you! Connect with us via email RSTGLOWMERGpod@mayoe.edu
Special thanks to our team: Heather Vinge Hanson, Bethany Brown, Priya Behl, Ribu Goyal, Ashley Xiong, Jill Brady Schatz, Melissa Peterson, Emily Rasmussen, Tiffani Satterelli & Caitlin Summers.
Don’t forget to join us next month and until then, keep your GLOW on.

Thursday Mar 17, 2022
Series: How Did I Get Here with Austin Ferguson
Thursday Mar 17, 2022
Thursday Mar 17, 2022
How Did I Get Here is a podcast that showcases Mayo Clinic leaders with unique career paths or individuals with unique jobs. Today’s guest is Austin Ferguson, Mayo Clinical’s very own music man. What is his title you ask? He is Mayo Clinic’s Carillonneur.
Show Highlights:
00:00 Introduction
01:55 Can you explain what the carillon is?
02:52 When you initially went to college, what did you plan on pursuing?
05:00 What are the pivotal moments that changed the course of your career path?
07:50 What are some important steps that you took to get where you are now?
13:10 Who are the other people that helped guide your career path?
15:16 What is your favorite piece to play on the carillon?
17:20 What is a quote that you live by?
We hope you have enjoyed this episode of The (G)LOWdown, and thank you for joining us in cultivating the future of women in leadership.
Have feedback, questions, or future podcast ideas? We’d love to hear from you! Connect with us by emailing the Podcast Team RSTGLOWMERGPod@mayo.edu.
Special thanks to our team: Heather Vinge Hanson, Bethany Brown, Priya Behl, Ribu Goyal, Ashley Xiong, Jill Brady Schatz, Melissa Peterson, Emily Rasmussen, & Caitlin Summers.
Don’t forget to join us next month and until then, keep your GLOW on.

Monday Feb 14, 2022
Series: How Did I Get Here with Tammy Eickhoff
Monday Feb 14, 2022
Monday Feb 14, 2022
Today’s host, Heather, is happy to introduce you to The (G)lowdown’s newest series How Did I Get Here? This series will focus on Mayo Clinic leaders with unique career paths or individuals with unique jobs at the clinic. Today’s guest is Tammy Eickhoff, Strategy Administrator for Corporate and Foundation Relations Program at Mayo Clinic.
Show Highlights:
00:00 Introduction
02:30 What did you originally plan on pursuing as a career?
04:30 What were some pivotal moments that changed the course of your career path?
08:00 How were you able to create your own path at Mayo Clinic?
13:40 Do you have any advice for individuals on how to impower themselves?
16:15 Who would you identify as someone who has helped you with your career path?
19:35 Can you tell us about navigating your career as a women? Did if affect your trajectory?
26:00 What is a quote that you live by?
We hope you have enjoyed this episode of The (G)LOWdown, and thank you for joining us in cultivating the future of women in leadership.
Have feedback, questions, or future podcast ideas? We’d love to hear from you! Email the Podcast Team at RSTGLOWMERGPod@mayo.edu.
Special thanks to our team: Heather Vinge Hanson, Bethany Brown, Priya Behl, Ribu Goyal, Ashley Xiong, Jill Brady Schatz, Melissa Peterson, Emily Rasmussen, & Caitlin Summers.
Don’t forget to join us next month and until then, keep your GLOW on.
