Latest Geoprofessional Podcast Episodes
#1 - Leadership Lounge - How to Communicate Like a Hostage Negotiator
GBA Podcast - February 27, 2024 12:00 - 1 hourLeadership Lounge - How to Communicate Like a Hostage Negotiator About This Episode In this episode, we learn from a master negotiator about how to communicate more effectively through building cultures founded on emotional communication, active listening, and relationship-based negotiations. It ...
#1 - Management Best Practices - How to Have Tough Conversations
GBA Podcast - February 21, 2024 04:00 - 1 hourManagement Best Practices - How to Have Tough Conversations About This Episode If tough conversations have the power to bring about positive change, why are they often associated with feelings of discomfort? Join GBA’s Jennifer Sanborn and Leadership Development Coach Jen Bell as they explore how...
#6 - Audio Education - Briefing and Being Briefed
GBA Podcast - July 07, 2023 16:00 - 31 minutesGBA Audio Education Series – Briefing and Being Briefed Episode Summary In this episode, hosts Tiffany Vorhies and Ryan White examine the importance behind daily field reports and regular briefings. It begins with a dramatization between field techs Tyler and Charlie. Upon returning to work, Tyle...
#5 - Audio Education - Safety
GBA Podcast - May 30, 2023 23:00 - 34 minutesGBA Audio Education Series – Safety Episode Summary This episode discusses the big picture challenges of handling safety concerns on a job site, and how the field engineer’s response is not “one size fits all” for all potential safety concerns. For example, the way a field engineer should handle...
#93 - Case History - $150M Near Miss
GBA Podcast - March 29, 2023 02:00 - 18 minutesGBA Case History Series – Case History #93 - $150M Near Miss Summary The GBA-Member Firm’s CEO and the developer’s CEO had worked together successfully on numerous projects for more than 15 years, establishing a friendship based on mutual respect and trust. This project was the developer’s most a...
#4 - GBA Audio Education - Personal Diplomacy
GBA Podcast - January 25, 2023 05:00 - 42 minutesGBA Audio Education Series – Personal Diplomacy Summary Tiffany Vorhies and Ryan White recently uncovered a treasure trove of valuable content, GBA's outstanding audio-education series. In order to make this more accessible, they turned these into a podcast series. This series was originally avai...
#109 - Case History - We Were Hacked
GBA Podcast - January 10, 2023 23:00 - 18 minutesGBA Case History Series – Case History #109 - We Were Hacked Summary Member Firm with multiple offices became the victim of foreign hacking enterprise. It started when an employee of the firm innocently opened an email from an unsuspected contact and clicked on a link allowing the hackers to acce...
#3 - GBA Audio Education - Effective Reporting
GBA Podcast - December 27, 2022 20:00 - 51 minutesGBA Audio Education Series – Effective Reporting Episode Summary: In Episode 3 of GBA's Audio Education Series, Tiffany Vorhies and Ryan White explore duty of care in field reporting. While covering the 6 aspects of effective field reporting, we are reminded of the essential information that shou...
#2 - GBA Audio Education - The Duty of Care
GBA Podcast - April 04, 2022 15:00 - 35 minutesGBA Audio Education Series – The Duty of Care Episode Summary: In Episode 2, Ryan and Tiffany take a closer look at what it means to be a professional and how that relates to the duty of care and standard of care at a job site. Centered around a GBA Audio Education module, this episode provides...
#1 - GBA Audio Education - Field Representatives and the Law
GBA Podcast - April 04, 2022 14:00 - 33 minutesGBA Audio Education Series – Field Representatives and the Law Episode Summary: In Episode 1, Ryan and Tiffany discuss the importance of field representatives knowing the seriousness and risks of the work they perform. This episode provides a real world example about a casual comment made while ...
#3 - Diversity Equity Inclusion - Allies in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
GBA Podcast - October 20, 2021 06:00 - 56 minutesGBA Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Series – Episode #3 – Allies in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Summary In this episode of the DEI series, we will be discussing allies in diversity, equity, and inclusions. Allies can be essential to drive systemic improvements to workplace policies, practic...
#2 - Diversity Equity Inclusion - Understanding Your Workforce
GBA Podcast - October 05, 2021 06:00 - 52 minutesGBA Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Series – Episode #2 – Understanding Your Workforce Summary Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) is a term often used in the workplace, but its meaning is often not well understood. People often mistakenly think that, with the creation of a diverse workplace,...
#105 - Case History - Friends Don't Sue Friends….Most of the Time
GBA Podcast - September 22, 2021 06:00 - 32 minutesGBA Case History Series – Case History #105 - Friends don't sue Friends….Most of the Time Summary A GBA member-Firm was hired to perform a geotechnical engineering study of the project site and provide a written report describing its subsurface conditions. This same fir provided construction mate...
#86 - Case History - Dream Home or Nightmare instead?
GBA Podcast - September 08, 2021 06:00 - 28 minutesGBA Case History Series – Case History #86 - Dream Home or Nightmare instead? Summary GBA has published over 100 case histories based on real-life events that have happened to geoprofessional firms. This episode in the series explores Case History #86 where the GBA member firm conducted a geotech...
#1 - Diversity Equity Inclusion - Pipeline Into the Geoprofessions
GBA Podcast - April 07, 2021 00:00 - 52 minutesGBA Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Series – Episode #1 – Pipeline Into the Geoprofessions Summary Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) is a term often used in the workplace, but its meaning is often not well understood. People often mistakenly think that, with the creation of a diverse workpl...
#64 - Case History - Good communication is key to a successful project!
GBA Podcast - March 24, 2021 00:00 - 37 minutesGBA Case History Series – Case History #64 - Good communication is key to a successful project! Summary GBA has published over 100 case histories based on real-life events that have happened to geoprofessional firms. This episode in the series explores Case History #64 where the GBA Member Firm's...
#103 - Case History - Nuked in the Bud!
GBA Podcast - March 10, 2021 01:00 - 16 minutesGBA Case History Series – Case History #103 - Nuked in the Bud! Summary GBA has published over 100 case histories based on real-life events that have happened to geoprofessional firms. GBA Case Histories are unique because our members share real-life stories of problems that impacted their busine...
#108 - Case History - Out of Scope Assistance Causes Problem
GBA Podcast - February 24, 2021 01:00 - 46 minutesGBA Case History Series – Case History #108 - Out of Scope Assistance Causes Problem Summary GBA has published over 100 case histories based on real-life events that have happened to geoprofessional firms. This episode in the series explores Case History #108, where a GBA-Member Firm provided su...
#61 - Case History
GBA Podcast - February 10, 2021 01:00 - 31 minutesGBA Case History Series – Case History #61 Summary GBA has published over 100 case histories based on real-life events that have happened to geoprofessional firms. This episode in the series explores Case History #61, which stems from an environmental site assessment conducted as part of a prope...
#61 - Case History - Don't lie to yourself about the risk of small projects
GBA Podcast - February 10, 2021 01:00 - 31 minutesGBA Case History Series – Case History #61 - Don't lie to yourself about the risk of small projects Summary GBA has published over 100 case histories based on real-life events that have happened to geoprofessional firms. This episode in the series explores Case History #61, which stems from an e...
#11 - Encore Performances - Val Ries
GBA Podcast - September 30, 2020 00:00 - 15 minutesEncore Perfromances, Connecting with Friends of GBA - Val Ries Our Host and Guest Joel Carson host and GBA (https://www.geoprofessional.org/) Executive Director – Link to Profile (https://www.linkedin.com/in/joelcarson/) Val Ries is a certified leadership trainer and Executive coach supporting o...
#10 - Encore Performances - Jeff Tobe
GBA Podcast - September 23, 2020 00:00 - 19 minutesEncore Perfromances, Connecting with Friends of GBA - Jeff Tobe Our Host and Guest Joel Carson host and GBA (https://www.geoprofessional.org/) Executive Director – Link to Profile (https://www.linkedin.com/in/joelcarson/) Jeff Tobe is a Certified Speaking Professional and was chosen by readers o...
#09 - Encore Performances - Bob Kelleher
GBA Podcast - September 16, 2020 00:00 - 35 minutesEncore Perfromances, Connecting with Friends of GBA - Bob Kelleher Our Host and Guest Joel Carson host and GBA (https://www.geoprofessional.org/) Executive Director – Link to Profile (https://www.linkedin.com/in/joelcarson/) Bob Kelleher is a best-selling author, international keynote speaker, a...
#08 - Encore Performances - Nancy Watt
GBA Podcast - September 09, 2020 00:00 - 30 minutesEncore Perfromances, Connecting with Friends of GBA - Nancy Watt Our Host and Guest Joel Carson host and GBA (https://www.geoprofessional.org/) Executive Director – Link to Profile (https://www.linkedin.com/in/joelcarson/) Nancy Watt is President of NANCY WATT COMMUNICATIONS (http://nancywattcomm...
#07 - Encore Performances - Brent Gleeson
GBA Podcast - September 02, 2020 00:00 - 28 minutesEncore Perfromances, Connecting with Friends of GBA - Brent Gleeson Our Host and Guest Joel Carson host and GBA (https://www.geoprofessional.org/) Executive Director – Link to Profile (https://www.linkedin.com/in/joelcarson/) Brent Gleeson is a Navy SEAL combat veteran with combat tours to Iraq a...
#06 - Encore Performances - Jonathan Edison
GBA Podcast - August 26, 2020 00:00 - 30 minutesEncore Perfromances, Connecting with Friends of GBA - Jonathan Edison Our Host and Guest Joel Carson host and GBA (https://www.geoprofessional.org/) Executive Director – Link to Profile (https://www.linkedin.com/in/joelcarson/) Jonathan Edison is a modern day Alchemist. Facing many hardships grow...
#05 - Encore Performances - Patrick Schwerdtfeger
GBA Podcast - August 19, 2020 00:00 - 22 minutesEncore Perfromances, Connecting with Friends of GBA - Patrick Schwerdtfeger Our Host and Guest Joel Carson host and GBA (https://www.geoprofessional.org/) Executive Director – Link to Profile (https://www.linkedin.com/in/joelcarson/) Patrick Schwerdtfeger is a business futurist specializing in te...
#04 - Encore Performances - Eric Saperston
GBA Podcast - August 12, 2020 00:00 - 31 minutesEncore Perfromances, Connecting with Friends of GBA - Eric Saperston Our Host and Guest Joel Carson host and GBA (https://www.geoprofessional.org/) Executive Director – Link to Profile (https://www.linkedin.com/in/joelcarson/) Eric Saperston leverages his 25 years of experience studying the commo...
#03 - Encore Performances - Michael Allosso
GBA Podcast - August 05, 2020 00:00 - 30 minutesEncore Perfromances, Connecting with Friends of GBA - Michael Allosso Our Host and Guest Joel Carson host and GBA (https://www.geoprofessional.org/) Executive Director – Link to Profile (https://www.linkedin.com/in/joelcarson/) Michael Allosso, master communications expert who coaches CEO's, team...
#02 - Encore Performances - Eric Kaufmann
GBA Podcast - July 29, 2020 00:00 - 26 minutesEncore Performances, Connecting with Friends of GBA - Eric Kaufmann Our Host and Guest Joel Carson host and GBA (https://www.geoprofessional.org/) Executive Director – Link to Profile (https://www.linkedin.com/in/joelcarson/) Eric Kaufmann has been coaching and training leaders and executives sin...
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