Episode 208: Chopping Floors and Sweeping Fish (with Marty MacPhee, AZA Instructor and Zoo Consultant)

The TEC Talk Podcast: Presented by Natural Encounters, Inc. · Apr 11, 2024 · 1h 16m

Well, it took us over 200 episodes to get our act together and make it happen, but it was worth the wait because we're finally joined by our favorite "Queen of Team," Marty MacPhee! Marty shares her background as a member of the "NEI Extended Universe," her training and behavior background at Brookfield Zoo and Disney's Animal Kingdom, and many of the lessons she's learned along the way about teamwork, coaching, and communication. We discuss the changing expectations of people coming in as new members of the zoological field, the importance of active listening, the problems that happen when…