All Episodes
Bob 'n Joyce Talk HR 'n OD — 236 episodes
Episode 234: The Workplace as an Island of Sanity: Creating Stability in Uncertain Times
Episode 233: Old Wisdom, New Work: Drucker’s Lessons for HR and OD
Episode 232: Men Lead Like This. Women Lead Like That… Or Do They?
Episode 231: Why OD Should Own the Workplace Conversation—But Rarely Does
Episode 230: If You’re Not Asking Why, It’s Not OD
Episode 229: When OD Gets in the Way (And What to Do About It)
Episode 228: Leadership in Uncertain Times — Don’t Wait for Optimism, Generate It
Episode 227: If OD Can’t Create Hope, Who Will?
Episode 226: The Problem Isn’t the Strategy — It’s the Thinking
Episode 225: The Culture You Have (Not the One You Talk About)
Episode 224: OD’s 2026 Reality Check: What Actually Deserves Your Attention
Episode 223: Clearing the Fog: Why Decluttering Isn’t the Point
Episode 222: What the Business Demands from Its Leaders This Year
Episode 221: Come Play in Our 2026 Rejuvenation Sandbox
Episode 220: Starting Fresh: What Actually Makes a Reset Stick
Episode 219: Happiness at Work: The Data Leaders Can’t Ignore
Episode 218: A Practical Way to Read What Your Organization Is Trying to Tell You
Episode 217: Unlocking Human Potential: A Conversation with Alfredo Borodowski, PhD, MSW
Episode 216: How the Words We Use Lift — or Limit — Us
Episode 215: Speaking Truth to Power: A Conversation with Bernie Youngblood
Episode 214: Outsourcing HR: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
Episode 213: Leading with Purpose and Passion — A Conversation with Bishop Kevin Foreman
Episode 212: 🎙️ From Dismissal to Discovery: Finding Purpose After a Layoff with Steve Jaffe
Episode 211: Safe Spaces in a Fractured World: Leading with Intention
Episode 210: Why Neurodivergent Leaders Hold Untapped Power: Insights from Rita Ramakrishnan, PCC, ACTC
Episode 209: Quit the Guilt Trips, Get Real Buy-In
Episode 208: The Power of Grit: Blue-Collar Heroes Among Us
Episode 207: Hard Lessons, Simple Rules: What Really Works in OD
Episode 206: Resistance Isn’t the Enemy
Episode 205: Unleashing Energy Part 2: The Hidden Force in Leadership and Culture
Episode 204: The Power We Don’t See (But Feel Everywhere)
Episode 203: Exploring Joyce’s Career Path: Twists, Turns, and Boyfriends
Episode 202: Assessment Grit: Knowing Before Doing
Episode 201: The Power of “I Want…”
Episode 200: Episode 200 – Time to Reflect, Celebrate, and Appreciate
Episode 199: Thriving in Chaos: It's Happening to All of Us
Episode 198: Michelle Griffin Ph.D.: Building a Business and a Life That Works
Episode 197: 🎙 Resiliency Face-Off, Part 2: Spoiler—Ours Wins
Episode 196: The Resilience Face-Off: Street Smarts Meets Sloan MIT Smarts
Episode 195: Flugidity Revisited: Why We’re Still Talking About Structure vs. Flexibility Back by popular demand… or maybe just our own curiosity.
Episode 194: Tight Ship or Jazz Band? Finding Balance in Today’s Workplace
Episode 193: Beyond Ping Pong Tables: How to Build a Culture of Care
Episode 192: The Chosen Few: A Talent Strategy That’s Holding You Back
Episode 191: Creating Islands of Sanity in the Chaos – Part 2
Episode 190: Getting Unstuck with Ernesto Gómez Arzapalo – OD Expert, Author, Academic, Entrepreneur... and All-Around Great Human
Episode 189: Letting Employees Go – Do It Right or Pay the Price
Episode 188: OD Challenge: Who Do We Choose to Be?
Episode 187: Where Science Meets OD Practice – A Conversation with Dr. Rob Lion
Episode 186: Brace for Impact: How to Survive Workplace Change
Episode 185: Speaking Up or Staying Silent? Leadership in a Polarized World
Episode 184: Lead with Intention: Make Every Moment Count
Episode 183: Lead Like a Person, Not a Position - A Conversation with Mark Carpenter
Episode 182: Rethinking Leadership: The 5 Must-have Qualities for Today’s World
Episode 181: Blue Collar Power From the Ground Up – A Conversation with Ryan Englin
Episode 180: Managing Without Power – A conversation with Joris Merks-Benjaminsen
Episode 179: 2025 - The Year of Doing Something! (Some will work, others won’t)
Episode 178: This Podcast: A Refuge for Inspiration and Recharging
Episode 177: Bittersweet Tidings: The paradox of Holiday Cheer
Episode 176: Honoring OD/HR: The Legacy We Leave Behind
Episode 175: Workplace Connection – The Cure for Loneliness
Episode 174: DEI 2.0: Reinventing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Episode 173: TeamSpeak: Unlocking Potential Through Dialogue
Episode 172: What Keeps Us ‘All In’ Despite Life’s Curveballs
Episode 171: The X Factor in Leadership
Episode 170: Getting Unstuck When Rules & Norms No Longer Apply
Episode 169: What Makes a Great CEO? (It's Not What You May Think)
Episode 168: A Conversation with Corey Spitzer – Humble Start-up Guru & Sausage Maker
Episode 167: Lessons from Fender Bender Entrepreneurs
Episode 166: The Antidote to Dull Thinking
Episode 165: CEO Flaws and Flubs
Episode 164: Getting from Checked Out to All In
Episode 163: The Goal-Setting Conundrum
Episode 162: Be Someone Worth Following
Episode 161: Company Culture – Making the Invisible Seen
Episode 160: Essential OD Values
Episode 159: Stuff That Irritates Us – Part 2
Episode 158: Stuff That Irritates Us
Episode 157: People Analytics Is More Than Just Data – A Conversation with Andrea Derler
Episode 156: The Power and Irritation of a Good Question
Episode 155: The Magic of Self-Organizing Communities
Episode 154: The Power of Setting Work Norms
Episode 153: Leading Big Change: CIO Insights with Terry Morgan
Episode 152: Navigating Big Change: Principles Every Leader Should Know
Episode 151: Deep Leadership – An Interview with Jon Rennie
Episode 150: Avoiding the Slippery Slope
Episode 149: Just Say Yes!
Episode 148: Go South Young Man - Baptism by Fire
Episode 147: Why We Do This...
Episode 146: I'm Exhausted...What About You?
Episode 145: Building Resilience Amidst Workplace Chaos
Episode 144: The Discomfort of Learning Something New
Episode 143: The Courage of Being a Third-Party Facilitator
Episode 142: Addressing Cynicism in the Workplace
Episode 141: Transforming How Work Gets Done
Episode 140: Beyond Crucial Conversations–Advice on Leveraging Differences in the Room
Episode 139: What Workers Want From Their Leader
Episode 138: What Are You Willing to be Measured on in 2024?
Episode 137: Let 'er Rip! Let’s Celebrate Every Holiday Tradition
Episode 136: What’s Your Cranberry Ice?
Episode 135: The Power of Here and Now Revisited
Episode 134: The Power of Here and Now
Episode 133: Women at Work – Then and Now
Episode 132: Designing Work That Works
Episode 131: When Being Fair Doesn't Work
Episode 130: Cross Cultural Clash Food Fight
Episode 129: Unplugged and Wide Open
Episode 128: Why Do We Do Bob'nJoyce?
Episode 127: Maximizing Your Most Important Asset - Your People
Episode 126: Cultivating a Learning Organization - Part 2
Episode 125: Cultivating a Learning Organization
Episode 124: The Super Power of Solitude
Episode 123: How the Mighty Fall
Episode 122: Imposter Syndrome – The Fear of Being Found Out
Episode 121: Life Lessons From Maria Popova
Episode 120: Designing Effective Meetings
Episode 119: HR Policies That Work
Episode 118: Why Middle Managers Matter
Episode 117: Guide to Becoming a Great Interviewer
Episode 116: The Audacity of Hope
Episode 115: With Mixed Feelings, We Approach the Topic of Performance Management One More Time
Episode 114: When Leadership Checks Out
Episode 113: The Murky Middle
Episode 112: No Small Talk Here!
Episode 111: Unraveling Compensation Practices – A Conversation with Mike Strout
Episode 110: Big Bad Bosses
Episode 109: The Compensation Quagmire: Part 1
Episode 108: The Leap to Becoming a Top Executive
Episode 107: Two Magical Words – “Good Job”
Episode 106: A Great DEI Conversation with Eric Watson
Episode 105: Downsizing is Here to Stay
Episode 104: DEI – A Lot of Talk, Not Enough Action
Episode 103: Being a Good Boss
Episode 102: Performance Reviews That Excite
Episode 101: Thriving in Chaos and Uncertainty
Episode 100: Adiós, I’m Out of Here!
Episode 99: Diversity Interventions That Work
Episode 98: A Conversation with Pete Durand, Serial Entrepreneur and CEO, Cruxible Partners
Episode 97: Getting Clear and Setting Intentions (PART 2)
Episode 96: Getting Clear and Setting Intentions
Episode 95: Rethinking Rituals to Meet the Moment
Episode 94: Rethinking HR/OD Conventional Wisdom
Episode 93: Developing Supervisory Judgment
Episode 92: I Pray Anyway, Devotions for the Ambivalent
Episode 91: Rethinking CEO Succession
Episode 90: Quiet Quitting - Why We Disagree
Episode 89: Promoting an Entrepreneurial Spirit
Episode 88: The Death of Performance Appraisals – Part 2
Episode 87: Death of Performance Appraisals
Episode 86: The Merit of Giving Up
Episode 85: Lessons from Gallup on Workplace Unhappiness
Episode 84: Emerging OD – Are We Ready? Part 2
Episode 83: Emerging OD – Are We Ready?
Episode 82: Pushing Through Overwhelm
Episode 81: Leading from Where You Are
Episode 80: Gallup Poll – Engaging Wisdom
Episode 79: Slowing Down to Speed Up
Episode 78: OD/HR Steps Out of the Shadows
Episode 77: Re-upping Our Commitment To This Work
Episode 76: Letting People Go – Organizational Moment of Truth
Episode 75: The Importance of Organizational Rituals
Episode 74: HR's Bad Rap
Episode 73: HR - Who Are We?
Episode 72: 2022 Culture Change Work – Soothing, Uncomfortable And Needed
Episode 71: Baptism by Fire – Part Two
Episode 70: Bold Moves, Cringe-worthy Moments, and Chronic Curiosity
Episode 69: Baptism by Fire – A Story about Accelerated Learning
Episode 68: Being Present – A Gift for You and Others
Episode 67: Winning the Battle for Talent
Episode 66: Managing External OD/HR Consultants
Episode 65: To Disrupt – OD’s Ultimate Purpose
Episode 64: A Show About Nothing
Episode 63: A Time to Be Bold and Courageous
Episode 62: The Burnout Pandemic and What OD/HR Can Do
Episode 61: Lead Like You Own It - Lessons from Entrepreneurs
Episode 60: Fully Human Leadership – A Deeper Dive
Episode 59: Fully Human Leadership – A New Model for Leading
Episode 58: Informed Consultant – OD Sherpa
Episode 57: We Doth Protest Too Much – Being a Credible Strategist
Episode 56: OD Obi-Wan Kenobi
Episode 55: Efficient Designer. What the Heck is This?
Episode 54: How OD Makes Organizations Work Better – System Change Expert
Episode 53: Going Behind the OD Curtain – How We Do What We Do
Episode 52: Being Fully Human Goes Mainstream
Episode 51: The New Normal: Living with Covid
Episode 50: Uncertainty’s Best Antidote - Shining the Light
Episode 49: Confronting Conflict – An Emerging HR/OD Competency
Episode 48: Creating a New Normal - What Stays and What Goes?
Episode 47: Riding a Bike is Easy, Sustaining Change Is Not
Episode 46: Caution Ahead – Navigating the Perils of Adult Learning
Episode 45: Lessons From Eating Popcorn – The Perfect Comfort Food
Episode 44: When Work Works – Merits of a Large Organization
Episode 43: Why Employee Benefits Matter Now More Than Ever
Episode 42: Asking “What if…” – A Powerful Idea Generator
Episode 41: HR/OD’s Duty to Speak Truth to Power
Episode 40: Overcoming Burnout - An Interview with Joe Doty
Episode 39: 7 Smart Strategies for Self-Management in Tough Times
Episode 38: Nobody Likes Pain - Especially Organizational Pain
Episode 37: Let’s Get Goofy – The Power of Humor
Episode 36: All Things HR
Episode 35: A Conversation with John Vegas on HR/OD's Impact
Episode 34: See Your Blind Spots (or Else)
Episode 33: Mentoring – A Catalyst for Development
Episode 32: Workplace Reinvention – An Opportunity
Episode 31: The Role of Third-Party Facilitation in HR/OD
Episode 30: College Recruiting – An Innovative Approach with Extraordinary Results
Episode 29: Stepping Into the Unknown
Episode 28: Why Leaders Need To Be More Curious
Episode 27: Hats Off to HR/OD Heroes
Episode 26: Managing Versus Leading
Episode 25: Making Lemonade from Lemons - Creating Good From Nothing
Episode 24: Hire Right or Else
Episode 23: Guided Imagery – A Powerful Alignment/Visioning Tool
Episode 22: Confronting Burnout as HR/OD Professionals
Episode 21: Seeing Through the Bramble of Internal OD Work
Episode 20: Our Turn - Common HR/OD Flaws and Why They Matter
Episode 19: CEO Flaws and Why They Matter
Episode 18: Culture – An Invisible Power
Episode 17: Honor Thy Managers
Episode 16: 10 Criteria for a CEO/OD Partnership to do Bold Work Together
Episode 15: Managing the Discomfort of Transition
Episode 14: Meeting Magic and Gaffes
Episode 13: Following Your Energy – It Never Disappoints
Episode 12: 2021 Leadership Reimagined
Episode 11: The Performance Management Dilemma
Episode 10: Hacks and Hiccups - Part 2
Episode 9: Hacks and Hiccups
Episode 8: In the Quagmire
Episode 7: Unexpected Details Matter
Episode 6: Learning Groups – Part 2 – Interview with Scott Harrison
Episode 5: Learning Groups - A Switch From Training to Learning
Episode 4: Power Shift - Embracing small 'd' democracy
Episode 3: HR OD Approaches to Dealing With Trauma
Episode 2: Remembering Katherine Maxim Greenleaf – An HR/OD Leader Who Inspired
Episode 1: Hooked on OD
Episode 00: Who are Bob 'n Joyce?
Episode 0: Welcome to the Bob 'n Joyce Talk HR 'n OD Podcast!