Today’s guest is Victor Bohnert, CEO of Innovatis Group, an association management company that has leaned into the human side of building a vibrant workplace culture, based around entrepreneurial energy, fun, and hard work.

The growth of Innovatis Group can be attributed to Victor's leadership, as he has fostered a culture where his team can feel like owners, be creative, fail, learn, grow, and have fun doing it. Uncertainty is a daunting unknown that can paralyze, but Victor encourages his team to stay mentally and strategically sharp by demanding the instability that comes with trying new things - no different from the anxiety that comes when a comedian tries a new joke.

Victor's values and actions making Innovatis Group a Top Workplace two years running proves that you CAN laugh at work.

In this episode, we talk about:

-What separates Innovatis from competitors.

-Bringing people together to form a sense of community through two-way dialogue.

-Making the big seem small.

-Belief in the power of the collective experience, knowledge, and power of an organization or community.

-How employee behavior drives engagement strategy.

-Demanding instability in the environment to stay mentally and strategically sharp through the trust and support of the team.

-Incorporating fun into instability.

-How fun ends up being work when incorporating it into a virtual setting.

-The question of engagement as the organization grows – how many dogs in the office is too many?

-How a very serious Zoom meeting turned silly.

-Laughter as an outcome of creating a culture of engagement and joy.

-Turning fear of uncertainty into momentum.

And more!!!

Follow Victor on social media

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/victor-bohnert-4a3aaa2/

Twitter: @victorbohnert

Find out more about Innovatis Group: innovatisgroup.com

Follow them on Twiter: @innovatisgroup

Follow them on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/innovatisgroup

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