Dr. Christie McMullen, a former 24-year educator and author of Learning and Stick, talks about making work enjoyable by leveraging people's talents. Her father ran a Vegas comedy show in the 70s and 80s. She's worked with organizations like ReMax and Solaris to improve how people interact.
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If you don't make work fun, people will quit. So why do we expect people to keep coming back to a place that is painfully boring? That my talents aren't utilized, that I am told what to do instead of asked? So you have to make work fun. Fun means you're using people's talents. I'm really excellent at, you know, getting the sale closed. I'm a closer. Then why isn't that my full time job?
Hey. Hey. Welcome back to the Bullpen Sessions podcast.
I am excited to have Dr. Christy McMullen join me. If you are not familiar with who Dr. Christy McMullen is, she is a best selling author of the book Learning and Stick, A guide to make every interaction Safe, logical, fun and memorable. And Christy has had a 24 year career as an educator who has now turned into an entrepreneur. Who's going to help you make work fun, Christy. That's something that I think a lot of companies struggle with today. She has worked with thousands of adults in multiple industries at organizations like ReMax, Solaris and Rise to Improve Human interactions. And as you know, if you listen to the Bullpen Session podcast, one of the key ingredients to be a guest is you have to be a former college or pro athlete and. Or pro athlete. And today I am excited to tell you I have my first former college cheerleader on the episode today. Christy, welcome to the Bullpen Sessions podcast.
Thank you so much, Andy.
I am genuinely excited to be here.
You bet.
No, this will be a great conversation today. So let's, let's just start at the beginning. For the people who don't know who the heck Dr. Christy McMullen is, where were you born?
That's a great question.
So I was born in Las Vegas, Nevada. Believe it or not, people really are.
Born there because my father had the longest running comedy show in Vegas in the 70s and 80s. So in listening to some of your podcasts, I know that you were a 1996 graduate. I graduated in 1995. So growing up, I lived in Las Vegas until I was 11. Then we moved to Independence, Virginia where they had twice as many cows as people and one stoplight. So I literally went from 7,000 cars going past my house today to seven a week.
Kind of culture shocked a little bit.
And then I realized I really like being a big fish in a little pond. So what ended up happening is I grew up in a high school of 600 kids and cheered all through that space from middle school and high school on. And then I went to Catawba College in Salisbury, North Carolina, about an hour and 45 minutes from independence and decided to continue cheering there. Had a blast. Had blown out my ACL in high school, had it reconstructed but discovered it still worked, which was a good thing. I was able to cheer all.
