Ep 125 – Why Demoting an Employee Is Worse Than Firing Them (And What Leaders Should Do Instead)
Demotions feel like the kinder option, but they come with a whole suite of problems.
Ep 124 – Working Hard Won’t Get You Promoted: How to Move Your Career Forward w/ Maya Grossman
Work hard, follow the rules, hope to be promoted. It sounds straightforward, but it’s rarely the reality.
Ep 123 – The Problem With Volunteering: When Unpaid Labor Goes Too Far
We have a controversial opinion: we don’t believe in volunteering.
Ep 122 – Why Organizations Break at the Intersections: The Problem of 2 Right Answers (w/ Dr. Timothy Tiryaki)
A lot of organizations break at the intersections.
Ep 121 – Can a Team Be Too Close? The Risk of Too Much Harmony at Work
Can a high-performing team become too close for its own good?
Ep 120 – Why Smart People Freeze on Stage (and How to Stop) w/ Nausheen Chen
There are 3 things that make a good speaker. Luckily, you can practice all of them.
Ep 119 – Why Motivational Speakers Are a Warning Sign (Your Team Needs Strategy, Not Hype)
Leaders often confuse three different things: a goal, a strategy, and motivation.
Ep 118 – The Skills That Make You a Great Founder Can Make You a Bad Boss (w/ Steve Strauss)
Why do great entrepreneurs sometimes struggle to become great leaders?
Ep 117 – Why Your Best Employees Are Often the Biggest Complainers
Employee complaints are often a sign of organizational health. The more dangerous signal may be when people stop complaining altogether.
Ep 115 – Why Podcasting Might Be Your Best Business Development Tool and How to Get Started (w/ Kelly Kennedy)
What if the smartest business development move you could make isn’t a sales call, but a microphone?
Ep 114 – Don’t Chase Happiness. Chase This Instead. (The Science of a Good Life)
Chasing happiness directly might be one of the worst ways to find it.
Ep 113 – How to Reduce Employee Turnover by Fixing Work, Not Blaming Workers (w/ Clark Ingram)
What is more important: people or profits?
Ep 111- Fairness at Work: 5 Trust Breakers Every Manager Needs to Know w/ Hanna Hasl-Kelchner
A lot of managers want employee to go the extra mile, yet they treat the relationship like a transaction. That’s where trust starts to crack.
Ep 110 – Narcissism at Work: Why Your Boss Probably Isn’t a Narcissist
We’re throwing the word “narcissist” around too casually at work.
Ep 109 – How to Let Employees Go Without Destroying Trust (w/ Collette Revere and Kim White)
Nothing reveals a company’s culture faster than how it lets people go.
Ep 106 – The Pay Transparency Problem: How Much Should Employees Really Know?
Should people at work know what everyone else makes? Maybe. Maybe not.
Ep 105 – Why Performance Management Is Broken (And 3 Tips to Fix It) with Collette Revere
Traditional performance management is overdue for the trash heap. So what should we do instead?
Ep 103 – Why Change Management Is Failing in Today’s Disruptive World [And How Leaders Can Fix It] with Leslie Ellis
What do you do when agreement something needs to change doesn’t translate into action?
Ep 102 – How Demographic Shifts Are Changing Business Strategy [Why Your Customers Are Disappearing]
What happens when your customers don’t just change… they disappear?
Ep 101 – Reinventing Yourself: When It’s Time to Walk Away from What You Built
What happens when the thing that made you successful… no longer makes you happy?