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Team Lab
by Angela Migliaccio and Cori Caldwell
Team Lab: Reimagining the Way We Work—a podcast dedicated to exploring the power of teams, the science and art of collaboration, and the magic of thriving relationships at work.Hosted by Angela Migliaccio and Cori Caldwell, who've spent years coaching and empowering leaders across the tech industry and beyond, Team Lab invites you to rethink teams—not as hierarchical machines, but as vibrant, living ecosystems.Each episode features relatable conversations, honest insights, and practical wisdom from pioneering leaders, systemic team coaches, and innovative changemakers. We'll uncover how successful teams build trust, foster alignment, navigate complexity, and unlock creativity. We even weave in listener submitted challenges and provide practical advice on how to move forward.Whether you're a team leader, team member, coach, or facilitator, you'll walk away inspired and equipped with fresh perspectives on teamwork and collaboration.**SUBMIT YOUR 'STICKY' TEAM DYNAMIC CHALLENGES HERE
Episodes
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Why It's Time to Shift from People Leader to Team Coach
What if the friction on your team has nothing to do with personalities? What's the real difference between a team full of talented people and a team with genuine collective intelligence? How does a leader coach a team when they're also carrying a full individual workload? In this episode of Team...
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Surrender to Lead: Dr. Jessica Kriegel on the Belief SHIFT Every Leader Needs To Consider Right Now
How do you identify the one belief that's blocking a team's results? Why do departments typically compete instead of collaborate, and what breaks the pattern? Dr. Jessica Kriegel joins Team Lab to unpack these questions and we dig into the central paradox of her book Surrender to Lead: that…
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Fit and Friction: The Hidden Architecture Behind Every High-Performing Team
What if the biggest risk to your organization is an under-architected relationship? How do you know if a promising hire will create productive friction or destructive friction? And what does it actually take to be the person in the room who tells a leader the truth they don't want to hear? In…
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Global Leadership & The Tipping Point of Workplace Transformation with Jillian J. Foster
How do global teams maintain trust and connection when geopolitical shifts shake the ground beneath their feet? What does it take to lead across cultures, borders, and varying levels of technological access without relying on outdated hierarchies? How can leaders move from standard mentorship to...
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The Coherent Leader: Jack Swift on Clarity, Trust, and the Human Edge
When the pace of change feels multi-directional and unpredictable, how do leaders cultivate internal clarity before stepping into the room? And when legacy control models fall short, how can leaders create the systemic coherence needed for human-and-machine teams to thrive? In this episode, Jack...
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Stuck in the Middle: How Polarity Thinking Unsticks Team Tension
What if the "either/or" problems you are trying to solve in your organization cannot be fixed? It may be because they aren't problems to be solved after all, but polarities to be managed and navigated! The Big Questions We Tackle: What is a polarity, anyway? Angela explains the difference between…
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Human First, Employee Second: Leading Through Global Chaos
In this solo session, Cori and Angela dive into the "new normal" of leadership—where project plans and deadlines often collide with emotional distractions and global crises. They explore how the Efficiency Paradox can seep into all areas of teamwork and leadership decisions, often increasing...
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Soul at Work: The Three Elements Every Leader Needs to Build a Team Worth Showing Up For
What if the antidote to Sunday Scaries isn't a better job — but a more soulful team? In this episode, we welcome back Jardena London for a deeper dive into what it actually looks like when soul is present in an organization. Jardena is a business transformation and agile consultant, author of...
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Who's Looking After the Relational Layer? Navigating AI Implementation with Your Team
What if the biggest hurdle to your team's AI adoption isn't the technology at all, but what it reveals about the cracks in your human workflows? In this episode, we sit down with Yadin Porter De León, a marketing leader at Salesforce and co-host of The AI Edge for Enterprise Marketing podcast. He...
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The Game-Changing Assist: Leadership Lessons from the Court to the Boardroom
What if the secret to a high-trust, highly collaborative, results-driven corporate team is hidden in the drills of a Division I basketball practice? And what if the key to resilience isn't just "bouncing back" to where you were, but "bouncing forward" into something better? In this episode, we…
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Blow up the Hierarchy: Why Building Teams Around Value Creation is the New Competitive Advantage
In this episode of the Team Lab Podcast, we sit down with Greg Petroff to discuss why traditional hierarchies often hinder work and how leaders can transition toward value-driven, outcome-oriented teams. Greg is a veteran design and technology leader who has driven major organizational...
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Toxic Teams & Narcissistic Leaders: The Science of Workplace Dysfunction
What if the "problem team member or leader" isn't the problem at all—but a symptom of a system protecting itself from the truth? In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Nathalie Martinek, a former cancer researcher who discovered unsettling parallels between tumor metastasis and toxic workplace...
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Moving Goalposts & Burnout: How to Lead Teams Through Constant Change with Suzanne Sitrin
What if navigating constant change isn't about moving faster, but noticing who's stuck at the edge of the bridge? In this episode, we sit down with Suzanne Sitrin, a leadership consultant who's spent decades helping leaders guide teams through transformation: from the quality-management era to...
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Unlearn to Lead: Why Your Leadership Playbook Might Be Expired and What to Do About It with Karen Ferris
What if everything you learned about leadership is actually holding you back? And what if the secret to thriving through AI disruption and remote work chaos isn't adding new skills—it's unlearning the old ones? In this episode, we sit down with Karen Ferris, organizational change expert, author…
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Building Trust in the Age of AI with Matt Tabor - Part 2
What if the workplace transformation everyone's worried about is actually the breakthrough we've been waiting for? What if AI agents don't replace us—they finally free us to do the work that actually matters? Welcome back to Part 2 of our conversation with Matt Tabor, organizational performance...
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Building Trust in the Age of AI with Matt Tabor - Part 1
What if AI agents could finally break down the silos that have frustrated teams for decades? And what if freeing humans from task-based work actually creates the workplace we've always dreamed of? In our first episode of Season 2, and Part 1 of 2, we welcome Matt Tabor, organizational performance...
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Trust, Friction, Silos & Soul: Season 1 Wrap-Up
That's a wrap! Season 1 of Team Lab: Reimagining the Way We Work is in the books. Join us for a reflective walk down memory lane, surfacing the big themes, sticky challenges, and practical tools that shaped our conversations with some of the most thoughtful leaders, coaches, and practitioners…
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Breaking Decision-Making Gridlock: Purpose, Process, and People
If you've ever sat in a meeting that felt like a never-ending swirl of competing voices and unresolved tensions, this episode will show you what's possible when teams bring structure, trust, and purpose into their collaboration. In this episode, we're honored to welcome Stefan Morales, Founder of...
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The Ripple Effect: How One Leader's Change Can Transform Entire Organizations
What does it take to move an entire organization forward—without relying on brute force leadership or toxic top-down control? In this episode, Chris Hutchinson shares how authentic leadership creates ripple effects that move teams, organizations, and entire systems. Drawing from his book Ripple,...
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From Small Cog to Big Impact: Sticky Listener Situation UNPACKED!
What happens when you're a capable leader trapped in a challenging organizational culture? How do you create value and showcase your team's worth when you're dealing with controlling stakeholders, chaotic planning processes, and an authoritarian leadership style that permeates the entire...
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AI, EQ & the Future of Work: Why Humanity Still Wins
What if we told you that your team's capacity to carry challenging moments without shutting down is directly related to the amount of time you invest with them to build a culture of trust, adaptability and emotional intelligence? In this wide-ranging conversation, leadership coach and global...
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Upgrade Your Toolbox: Cognitive, Emotional & Energetic Leadership with Lyssa Adkins
What does it mean to be a "future-fit" leader? According to our guest this week, being future-fit means improving the performance of organizational leaders to solve the challenges they face today, while expanding their capacities to be more fit for the challenges ahead. They're not just trying to...
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What the Duck Are You Feeling? Getting to the Heart of Team Breakthroughs with Meredith Tozzer
What if the breakthrough your team needs isn't found in another strategy session or process improvement, but in a moment of unexpected connection? How can asking people to step outside their analytical comfort zone create the psychological safety that brings teams together? And why asking, "What...
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Why Soul-Crushing Workplaces Are Killing Your Bottom Line & What Leaders Can Do About It
What if your workplace could energize your spirit rather than drain it? How much smoother might organizations transform if they focused on removing blockers instead of adding more processes? What would happen if we designed our work systems around human dignity, creativity, and meaningful...
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Unlocking the Power of Teams with Karen Duggan - Part 2
Single-day team building and offsites can be powerful for identifying challenges and creating plans for change, but what happens when work resumes on Monday? How do top teams SUSTAIN success? In Part 2 of our talk with organization development expert Karen Duggan, we cut straight to the HOW: How…
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Unlocking the Power of Teams with Karen Duggan
Ever wonder why some teams thrive while others struggle, despite having talented people? The answer might surprise you. In this first episode, Karen Duggan, a powerhouse organization development expert who's coached literally thousands of teams throughout her career is here to break it all down!...
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Welcome to Team Lab: Reimagining The Way We Work
The world of work is at an inflection point. Organizations are grappling with flatter hierarchies, the chaotic whiplash of return-to-office mandates, and the lingering legacy of top-down management—all while trying to build relatively functional, happy teams. Enter Team Lab: Reimagining The Way…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Team Lab: Reimagining the Way We Work—a podcast dedicated to exploring the power of teams, the science and art of collaboration, and the magic of thriving relationships at work.Hosted by Angela Migliaccio and Cori Caldwell, who've spent years coaching and empowering leaders across the tech industry and beyond, Team Lab invites you to rethink teams—not as hierarchical machines, but as vibrant, living ecosystems.Each episode features relatable conversations, honest insights, and practical wisdom from pioneering leaders, systemic team coaches, and innovative changemakers. We'll uncover how successful teams build trust, foster alignment, navigate complexity, and unlock creativity. We even weave in listener submitted challenges and provide practical advice on how to move forward.Whether you're a team leader, team member, coach, or facilitator, you'll walk away inspired and equipped with fresh perspectives on teamwork and collaboration.**SUBMIT YOUR 'STICKY' TEAM DYNAMIC CHALLENGES HERE
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