Why Jacques Pepin Turned Down the Kennedy White House the Power of Training and Positive Reinforcement

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I love food.

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I love cooking and I love baking

food ages and ages and ages

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ago, I used to have a food blog.

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You know, I can sit and

watch cooking shows.

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All day long.

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If I had time, I would

cook and bake all day.

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Like every day.

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Maybe in another life, somewhere

in a different multi-verse

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I'm a famous celebrity chef.

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Well, and this universe, one

of the most famous chefs.

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Jackpot pen.

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And an interesting story you may not

know about him is how he turned down.

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John F.

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Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy's

invitation to work in their white house.

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Welcome to episode 1

64 of this shit works.

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A podcast dedicated to all

things, networking, relationship

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building and business development.

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I'm your host, Julie Brown.

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Speaker author and networking coach.

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and today I am discussing my training

and positive reinforcement might

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be the key to hiring new talent.

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I was reading one of the latest

issues of the Harvard business

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review and all the way at the back

on the very last page was a short

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little interview with Jack bullpen.

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And I mean short, no more than

a handful of paragraphs, but

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one of them stood out to me.

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After training in Paris shock

served as the personal chef

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for three French presidents.

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And you mentioned that during this time

he's served everyone from Eisenhower

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to Macmillan and that no one would

ever call you into the dining room to

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give you kudos for a delicious meal.

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If anyone came to the kitchen or called

out for you, it was simply to complain.

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In 1960, he was asked by JFK

and Jacqueline Kennedy to

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work in their white house.

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But he declined and took

a job with Howard Johnson.

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Perhaps in part due to his experience

working in other presidential

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kitchens, but mostly he said,

Howard Johnson's was a world of mass

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production, marketing, chemistry

of food and American eating habits.

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He spent 10 years at Howard Johnson's and

he credited the training that he received

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there with his ability to start his

own restaurant and then work at windows

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of the world and the Russian tea room.

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So that got me thinking.

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What made the difference for him was

positive reinforcement and the ability

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to continue to learn and grow on the job.

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So how do we do that for our employees?

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How do we use this combination?, to create

a positive and healthy work environment.

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Well, Let's start with investing in the

growth of our employees through training.

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Like that was important to him.

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When you think of training, you might

picture formal workshops or onboarding

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sessions, but it's much more than that.

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Training can encompass ongoing learning

and development, then empowers employees

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to enhance their skills that they

already have knowledge new abilities.

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This training can be directly related

to their job, whether that be technical

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or hands on, or it could be for

softer skills such as networking.

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Ding, ding, ding.

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Reducing burnout.

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You don't competence

building negotiations.

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You know, Continuing training, keeps

employees engaged and motivated.

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And it definitely shows that

the company that they work at

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is invested in their success.

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So, you know, what kinds of training

could you offer in the workplace?

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Like, think about all of the different

things that would be available

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to your employees to help them be

well-rounded employees and, and

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grow in their positions and spread

their wings and learn new things.

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Well what about positive reinforcement?

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Like Shaq said, no one

gave kudos for a good job.

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Like.

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MI you were just expected

to do a good job at it.

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Not saying everybody's got

to get a fucking trophy.

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I'm saying that, When the only feedback

you get is when someone has a complaint,

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it feels pretty shitty, right?

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But I'm sure you've all been in, in that

position or been able to relate that

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to that in some point in your career

where you've worked so hard for things,

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and you've done so many things, right.

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And yet the only thing people notice, if

you do something small, wrong, positive

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reinforcement is like the fuel that keeps

the training engine running smoothly.

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Like they want to continue to learn.

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When employees receive praise and

recognition for their efforts, it

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reinforces the desired behaviors.

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It encourages them to keep proving.

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That's what I just said.

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You know, it fosters a culture

of appreciation and boosts morale

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throughout the organization.

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Don't get me wrong.

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We all love money.

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I love money.

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You love money.

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We love making money, but compensation.

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Isn't the only way for us to

show that we appreciate someone

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in the job that they do.

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People want to feel valued and

appreciated for their hard work.

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When they receive positive reinforcement,

it creates a sense of belonging

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and loyalty to the organization.

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Plus it often leads to increase

productivity and better teamwork.

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So.

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You know, If you're listening to this and

you're like, I actually don't even know

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where my company stands when it comes to

these two factors, where would we start?

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Well, we'd start by assessing

our organization's current

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training and recognition systems.

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Does your company have a

well-rounded training program?

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Is it aligned with your

company goals and values?

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Is there a culture within the

company that values learning and

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appreciates employee contributions?

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What kinds of training could be

offered to help your employees grow

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in their positions or grow into new

positions throughout the company?

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Can you discover new training

opportunities and ideas, and then

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communicate the importance of these

various training options to your

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leadership and executive team.

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Now, when it comes to recognition, do you

have a formal or even informal recognition

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program that celebrates more than simply

how long people have been at the company?

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Like, you know, oh, it's their fifth

anniversary, their 10th anniversary.

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Like that's not a formal

recognition program.

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What about what they do for the

company from a cultural perspective,

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from a mentoring perspective,

from a business perspective.

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You know, employees who receive continuous

positive reinforcement are more likely

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to be innovative and productive.

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They feel empowered to take calculated

risks, explore new ideas and.

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Contribute to the company's

success in new and exciting ways.

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Anyways.

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I loved how this quick little article,

actually just that little paragraph.

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Made me think about training

and recognition in so many

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different and fun ways.

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All right.

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Okay.

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Okay.

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Until the drink of the week,

which honestly it could have gone

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in so many different directions.

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I first started by Googling what cocktails

were served in the Kennedy white house.

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And discovered that the daiquiri

was JFK's favorite drink and

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that Jackie preferred champagne.

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I also, interestingly enough, found an

article talking about how at JFK's first

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presidential event ever in January, 1961.

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The event had a full bar.

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Like you get out whatever you wanted.

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Um, and then the Washington post reported

after that event, quote, for the first

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time, there was a bar in the state dining

room with waders to stir up Martinez or

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poor vodka, scotch bourbon and champagne.

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Unquote.

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And then the letters from the public

started pouring in protesting and

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objecting to president Kennedy,

having cocktails at the white house.

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Like.

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Seriously.

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So I could have gone down that

route, which was fascinating.

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But I ended up looking up some of shocks

cocktail recipes, and I found a video in

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which he makes a cure cocktail, which.

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Is, um, I used to have a take on

this, which was the cure Royale,

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which I used to drink ages ago.

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And he mentions that this cure cocktail

is his wife's favorite cocktail.

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And so that's what we're going

to make today because he was the

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inspiration for this episode.

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And it's so easy and simple.

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You need two ingredients crim

to Cassie's and dry white wine.

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You simply take a fourth

ounce of cream to Cassie's.

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And five ounces of dry white

wine, obviously chilled.

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So in a wineglass you'd pour

in the Cassie's first and then

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solely add the dry white wine.

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Now, if you want to make the Kir

Royale, which I just mentioned,

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it's the same exact cocktail, but

instead of sparkling wine, I'm sorry.

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Instead of still wine, you use

sparkling wine and it's delicious.

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Um, all right, friends,

that's all for this week.

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Aren't you so glad I'm S I mean, I'm

just so glad the cocktails are back.

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I know, I think I say it every week,

but I'm so glad the cocktails are back.

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