Employee Well-being and Productivity Archives

Ep 49 – Feedback That Works

Break down why people resist criticism and how leaders unintentionally dilute their messages.

Explore the reasons why saying no is often hard, and a method to help you say no with clarity and...

Uncover the dangers of narrow framing, a mental shortcut that causes us to reflexively limit our decisions.

Are your days off helping you recover or just adding to your stress when you come back to a mountain...

Explore what’s really behind your fraudulent feelings and why the concept of impostor syndrome does more harm than good.

Explore the critical role HR should play in helping companies scale, support their people, and build better workplaces.

How can the principles of improvisational comedy help you become a more effective manager?

Why do some companies keep their people forever, while others struggle with constant turnover?

What happens when trust starts to slip inside an organization

Arguing gets a bad reputation at work, but not arguing is even worse.

Explore why urgency can be a powerful catalyst for performance, or a recipe for trouble when it’s overdone.

Great managers listen as much—or more than—they talk.

Most customers are great, but it only takes a few bad ones to wear you down. How can you avoid...

Explore the unintended consequences of paid time off policies.

Dive into the hidden power of reference points—the mental benchmarks we use to measure our success.

Explore the art of giving meaningful and effective praise in the workplace.

The challenges of workplace burnout and its impact on even—and perhaps especially—your most loyal employees.

Renaissance man Kent Keith boosts our performance by honing in on what truly matters.

Poet, businessman, and author Kent Keith tells us how not having a date made him famous and explains his mistaken...

What if we are thinking about stress all wrong? Cindi and Geoff help us get straight in an episode sure...