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Work Positive
by Dr. Joey Faucette
Work Positive podcast guests share strategies and tactics, real-life stories, and case studies that focus on how you can attract top talent and reduce team turnover. The host of the Work Positive podcast, Dr. Joey Faucette, is an executive coach, culture architect, and best-selling author. His latest book, Work Positive in a Negative World: Team Edition, is the manifesto for developing your positive work culture. Listen to the Work Positive podcast if you: want to attract top talent desire to reduce team turnover invest in leadership training are performance driven, and; care about your team members.
Episodes
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You Invest. Your People Invest Back. | Katherine Kobs
EP 208 | You Invest. Your People Invest Back. | Katherine Kobs About a decade ago, a company told a young team member, "We wanna send you to college and we'll pay for it." Kate Kobs said yes. Nearly a decade later, she invests in people the way that company invested in her. In this week's…
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Slow Down to Grow Trust | Sara Valentine
EP 207 | Slow Down to Grow Trust | Sara Valentine Halloween comes every Monday at Give Kids The World Village. Christmas comes every Thursday. Sara Valentine says your culture happens on the days in between, on ordinary Tuesdays. In this week's episode, Sara talks with Dr. Joey about the HEART...
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You Go First. Then Your Team Follows. | Dr. Joey Faucette
EP 206 | You Go First. Then Your Team Follows. | Dr. Joey Faucette Every February at Dr. Joey's farm, the first crocus pushes through frozen ground before the daylilies stir. The crocus goes first. Then spring follows. In this week's episode, Dr. Joey coaches all five B.R.A.V.E. @ Work practices...
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Millions Hiding in Your Organization | Porschia Parker-Griffin
EP 205 | Millions Hiding in Your Organization | Porschia Parker-Griffin Two sisters bought a pearl necklace at a Goodwill for sixty-nine cents. The appraisal came back at $50,000. Do you undervalue your team in a similar way? One designer at an architecture firm shared her underappraisal with...
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You Started Out an Octopus. | Michael Hunter
EP 204 | You Started Out an Octopus. | Michael Hunter You started out an octopus. Curious, full of wonder, eight arms reaching in eight directions at once. Then the system folded you down to a grain of sand, coated the irritation layer by layer, and called the result beautiful. Michael Hunter…
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Unlock Your Team’s Hidden Potential | Jordan Cole
EP 203 | Unlock Your Team’s Hidden Potential | Jordan Cole Fence posts planted five feet apart in Irish soil grew back into trees. If your team’s culture is rich enough, it can grow your people. Jordana Cole talks with Dr. Joey about the one question that transforms fence post performers into...
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From Resistance to Results with Dr. Gleb Tsipursky
EP 202 From Resistance to Results | Dr. Gleb Tsipursky Have you woke up at 3:00am sure this whole train jumps the rails? Dr. Gleb Tsipursky talks with Dr. Joey on this week's Work Positive Podcast to help. His diagnosis reorganizes your whole challenge. AI adoption stalls on psychology, because…
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Five Practices That Transform How Your Team Collaborates | Dr. Joey Faucette
Marcus sits at his kitchen table on a Sunday evening. A glass of bourbon. Six exit interview transcripts. Five of the six carry the same three words: "I felt invisible." He sets them down and tries an exercise his coach recommended. Eight people on his team. Name what each one does best. He…
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Why the Soft Stuff Is the Hard Stuff | Scott McInnes
Scott McInnes founded Inspiring Change in Dublin and hosts Building Better Cultures. He joins Dr. Joey on why your brain files the unfamiliar as negative, why culture is a vehicle for strategy, and why values hold weight only as behaviors. The Hook Seven out of ten people choose a job based on...
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Curiosity IS the Strategy | Julian Lighton
Episode 199: Curiosity IS the Strategy Do you ever wonder what's next? Sure you do for the company you work with and your team, but what about for yourself? Julian Lighton spent more than 30 years watching companies decide whether to develop people or rent them. He advised them at McKinsey. He...
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What's Actually Going Wrong With Your Workforce | Dustin Snyder
Episode 198: Dustin Snyder on What's Actually Going Wrong With Your Workforce Most leaders diagnose their people challenges alone, behind a closed door, with a spreadsheet. Dustin Snyder does the opposite. As founder of Wayforward, he goes into companies at major turning points and maps what is...
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Five Lenses That Transform How People Leaders Cultivate | Dr. Joey Faucette
EP 197 | Five Lenses That Transform How People Leaders Cultivate | Dr. Joey Faucette Key Insights Bad events carry roughly four times the psychological weight of good events of equal magnitude, according to Roy Baumeister's research at Florida State University. One piece of negative feedback…
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Own It. Then Watch Your Team Trust You With It. | Parker Mccumber
Episode 196 | Own It. Then Watch Your Team Trust You With It. | Parker Mccumber Everyone needs to be needed. How needed do you need to be? When your team waits on your opinion for every decision, they feel supervised instead of trusted, and you finish the day exhausted. Parker McCumber offers a...
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On It and In It: How to Create a Team That Stays Brave | Mickey Wilson & Dr. Chris Endersby
Episode 195 · On It and In It: How to Create a Team That Stays Brave | Mickey Wilson & Dr. Chris Endersby Rate the team you lead on a scale of 1 to 10 for alignment and unity. Not just within the team, but between the team and the company. What is your score? Alignment and unity are two of the...
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People Leave Feelings Instead of Jobs (Season 4 First-Half Wrap)
Episode 194 · People Leave Feelings Instead of Jobs (Season 4 First-Half Wrap) Twenty-plus guests. One truth. Across the first half of Season 4, every conversation kept circling the same finding: people leave feelings instead of jobs. In this solo wrap, Dr. Joey Faucette looks back across…
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Cultivate the Teams You D.R.E.A.M. About | Dr. Joey Faucette
Episode 193 | Cultivate the Teams You D.R.E.A.M. About | Dr. Joey Faucette Episode summary How do you cultivate a Work Positive team culture when nearly 4 out of 5 people on your team are somewhere between going through the motions and actively working against you? How do you create a team so...
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Lead Change Without Losing Your People | Sharon McLaughlin
Episode 192 | Lead Change Without Losing Your People | Sharon McLaughlin Episode summary Disruption is the norm now, and wave after wave of it leaves people leaders worn down in body, mind, and heart. Sharon McLaughlin shows you how to guide change so it transforms your culture rather than…
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Make People Matter, and Watch Challenges Shrink | Stephen de Groot
Episode 191 | Make People Matter, and Watch Challenges Shrink | Stephen de Groot Episode Overview “Take the values off the wall. Paint over them.” Stephen de Groot once showed up to a consulting engagement with a roller and a paint can, and nearly got fired for it. His point lands hard and…
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Curiosity: The Secret to Culture Transformation | Dr. Domonique Revere
Episode 190 | Curiosity: The Secret to Culture Transformation | Dr. Domonique Revere How do you transform a work culture where people don't just survive a toxic workplace but thrive in a space where they feel seen, heard, valued, and have skin in the game? How do you move from overfunctioning as…
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Fulfill Human Potential Through Super Performance | George Pesansky
How do you close the gap between knowing something and actually doing it as you drown in knowledge but lack the ability to translate it into consistent repeatable action? How do you create a culture so Work Positive that an ordinary person put in the right environment with the right tools…
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T.H.R.I.V.E. @ Work: Mental Health Culture Framework | Dr. Joey Faucette
EP 188 | T.H.R.I.V.E. @ Work: Mental Health Culture Framework | Dr. Joey Faucette How do you transform your work culture as one in five adults deals with a mental health condition and one in three faces an anxiety disorder? What creates mentally healthy cultures as 54% of all lost work time in…
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Give Before You Take: AI as Force for Equity | Bala Muthiah
Episode 187 | Give Before You Take: AI as Force for Equity | Bala Muthiah How do you create people-first technology that scales for high-performance teams? How do you lead engineering groups under pressure as you develop resilience and innovate sustainably? How do you champion AI as a force for...
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Make Well-being Visible in Your Culture | Dr. Jamie Hardy
Episode 186 | Make Well-being Visible in Your Culture | Dr. Jamie Hardy How well do you understand the direct connection between performance and health in your work culture? What creates teams who are energized, engaged, and endure rather than quietly dimming or walking out the door? How do you...
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Augmented Leadership in a BANI World | Bob Johansen
How do you navigate the chaos as work transforms faster than ever before? How do you lead people through a world that feels brittle, anxious, non-linear, and incomprehensible? How do you want to be augmented as generative AI reshapes every aspect of work? Transform your approach to strategic...
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From Roots to Fruits: The Soul of Leadership | Dr. Joey Faucette
How do you create a continuous learning positive work culture when only 23% of employees worldwide are engaged in their work? What if three out of four people on your team are among the ranks of The Working Dead, costing the global economy $8.9 trillion in lost productivity annually? How do you...
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Free to Lead: Unleash Your Hidden Leadership Genius
Episode 183 | Free to Lead: Unleash Your Hidden Leadership Genius | Will Steel What are your hidden beliefs that keep you from fulfilling your purpose as a people leader? What's the invisible script or background soundtrack playing in your head? What are your blind spots as a result of this head...
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Unbeatable Mind: Calm Under Pressure | Mark Divine
Episode 182 | Unbeatable Mind: Calm Under Pressure | Mark Divine How well do you stay calm, focused, and purpose driven under all of this pressure? Between life and work today, there's just so much pressure. What if your IQ drops from 120 to 75 or 80 when you're triggered into a fight or flight...
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EP 181 | Executive Loneliness: Identity Beyond Performance | Nick Jonsson
Who are you beyond that role? Who are you besides a people leader? What keeps you from claiming all of who you are in a more holistic way? What's the effect of identifying yourself almost exclusively by your work role? Transform your approach to leadership identity on this episode of the Work...
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EP 180 | Evolvability: Growing Forward When Plans Fail | Anne Grady
How's that strategic plan working out for you? Are things going according to plan? What if you could grow forward when things don't go according to plan instead of losing it when things go off the rails? How do you build resilient teams when 70% of change initiatives fail not because of…
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EP 179 | The NASCAR Framework for Talent Development | Dr. Joey Faucette
How do you win the race to develop talent when 70% of employees haven't mastered the skills they need for their current jobs and 80% lack the skills they'll need for their future roles? What if you could apply NASCAR racing strategies to create a continuous learning culture that accelerates…
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EP 178 | Freedom by Design: 18 Weeks Off Per Year | Michael Walsh
Would you have started your own business or accepted that promotion to senior leadership knowing what you know now? What if you could take 18 weeks off each year for personal travel with your family while your business continues to grow? Is your business a well-oiled machine or an intelligent...
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EP 177 | The Future Begins with Z | Tim Elmore
How do you navigate the choppy waters of having four or even five generations working together? What do you do when three out of four hiring managers say Gen Z is the toughest generation to manage, 30% are firing them within the first month, and three out of ten are avoiding hiring them…
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EP 176 | Sphere of Influence in Action | Brad Englert
How effective is your influence as a people leader? Do you think about it very much? What would happen if your first core value was "Family First" in a competitive talent market where you can't match salaries? Transform your sphere of influence on this episode of the Work Positive Podcast with…
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EP 175 | Stop the Revolving Door: The R.E.T.A.I.N. Framework | Dr. Joey Faucette
Are you tired of watching your best people walk out the door? Have you spent hundreds of thousands of dollars recruiting and training someone, only to see them leave for a competitor who offered a slightly better title or more salary? What if 68% of employees leave for reasons that have nothing…
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EP 174 | Employee Relations: The Culture Nexus | Margarita Ramos
How well do your employees understand your organization's employee relations process? When they have a concern, do they know where to go, to whom to talk, and when? What happens when your ER function becomes the strategic hub that informs all of HR instead of just playing whack-a-mole every day?...
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EP 173 | Culture by Design, Not by Default | Emily Berliner
Does your work culture just happen, growing on its own until you hardly recognize it? Or do you intentionally design your work culture, building an environment that works well for everyone? What would change if you created the right space and simply let the right people be attracted to what…
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EP 172 | Listen to Understand, Not to Reply | Tom Lawrence
How effective are you as a people leader, and how do you actually evaluate that effectiveness? What happens when you involve your team in creating the vision instead of just sharing it with them? How do you listen—are you listening to reply, or listening to understand? Transform your leadership...
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EP 171 | The 9-Step Framework for Culture Transformation | Dr. Joey Faucette
What do you do when change intrudes on your best-laid plans, delivering sucker punches weekly if not daily? How do you lead when you wake up just as tired as you were when you went to bed, exhausted from swimming upstream in a current of negative chaos? What if you could leverage change as your...
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EP 170 | Listening: The Beginning of Every Great Relationship | Barbie Brown
How do you find the perfect role that aligns with your experience, your goals, and your values—especially in January when career change notices flood LinkedIn? What transforms recruiting from selling sizzle to building genuine attraction based on culture fit? How does checking in on people during...
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EP 169 | Well-Being: The Missing Conversation at Work | Ruth Kent
When was the last conversation you remember at work about well-being? If you're struggling to recall one, you're not alone—yet well-being and peak performance are undeniable companions in any work positive culture. What if the ripple effect of one person sleeping better could transform an entire...
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EP 168 | My Career Is My Responsibility | Meredith Jones
How often do you hear "these aren't my pants" at work—the blame game where no one claims responsibility when something goes wrong? What would happen if everyone in your organization understood that "my career is my responsibility" instead of pointing fingers? How do you create accountability that...
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EP 167 | Season 3 Finale: 5 Ideas That Transform Culture | Dr. Joey Faucette
What are the most transformational truths that can reshape your work culture starting tomorrow morning? Which insights from brilliant minds in leadership and culture will actually move the needle in your organization? How do you take everything you've learned and turn it into action that creates...
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EP 166 | 6 Proven Tactics to Transform Your Culture | Dr. Joey Faucette
Ever feel like you're riding a galloping horse through a swarm of biting flies at work? What if you could find just one thing to do this week that would positively transform your work culture? When you're overwhelmed by budget constraints, fixed mindsets, and endless demands, how do you even…
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EP 165 | Rest Is Strategy, Not a Reward | Dr. Erin Wilson
How are you resting—not just sleeping, but truly resting in ways that renew your energy and unlock mental clarity? What would happen if you stopped treating rest as something you have to earn and started using it as your leadership superpower? Are you building your culture on the stone foundation...
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EP 164 | Start with Clarity, End with Appreciation | DeWayne Allen
What lasting impact will you leave behind when you walk away from work? How do you show up authentically in spaces where you might be the only one who looks like you? What does it mean to be too old in your career to fake who you are just to fit a culture that doesn't align with your values?...
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EP 163 | Win @ Work: The P.E.A.K.S.S. Playbook | Dr. Joey Faucette
What would happen if you stopped trying to extract performance from your people and started creating the conditions for extraordinary performance to emerge naturally? How are you treating your team members: as complete human beings or simply as skill sets? Why do only 21% of employees worldwide...
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EP 162 | Lead Your People, Not Your Way | Cory Geffre
How well do you really know the people you lead? What if each person on your team needs a completely different approach to thrive? Are you trying to make everyone take off like a helicopter when some need a three-mile runway? Transform your leadership effectiveness by discovering why painful…
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EP 161 | Bring Your Whole Self to Work | Mike Robbins
What happens when you prioritize team chemistry over individual talent? How do you create a work culture where people feel safe enough to bring their authentic selves every single day? What's the difference between recognizing performance and appreciating the person? Transform your leadership...
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EP 160 | Recognition That Actually Resonates | Dr. Meghan Waldron
How are you recognizing the people on your team—based on what YOU think they need, or what THEY actually want? What if the recognition you're giving is missing the mark entirely because you never asked? Transform your approach to appreciation and watch retention soar on this episode of the Work...
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EP 159 | Training Positivity Like Athletes Train Performance | Sara Schaeffer
How do you transform positivity from wishful thinking into a disciplined practice that carries you through losing two homes to hurricanes, two job layoffs, and still choose to move forward with resilience and joy? Discover the actionable frameworks that turn positivity into momentum on this…
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Work Positive podcast guests share strategies and tactics, real-life stories, and case studies that focus on how you can attract top talent and reduce team turnover. The host of the Work Positive podcast, Dr. Joey Faucette, is an executive coach, culture architect, and best-selling author. His latest book, Work Positive in a Negative World: Team Edition, is the manifesto for developing your positive work culture. Listen to the Work Positive podcast if you:
want to attract top talent
desire to reduce team turnover
invest in leadership training
are performance driven, and;
care about your team members.
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