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Bob 'n Joyce Talk HR 'n OD — 236 episodes

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Episode 234: The Workplace as an Island of Sanity: Creating Stability in Uncertain Times

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Episode 233: Old Wisdom, New Work: Drucker’s Lessons for HR and OD

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Episode 232: Men Lead Like This. Women Lead Like That… Or Do They?

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Episode 231: Why OD Should Own the Workplace Conversation—But Rarely Does

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Episode 230: If You’re Not Asking Why, It’s Not OD

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Episode 229: When OD Gets in the Way (And What to Do About It)

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Episode 228: Leadership in Uncertain Times — Don’t Wait for Optimism, Generate It

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Episode 227: If OD Can’t Create Hope, Who Will?

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Episode 226: The Problem Isn’t the Strategy — It’s the Thinking

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Episode 225: The Culture You Have (Not the One You Talk About)

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Episode 224: OD’s 2026 Reality Check: What Actually Deserves Your Attention

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Episode 223: Clearing the Fog: Why Decluttering Isn’t the Point

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Episode 222: What the Business Demands from Its Leaders This Year

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Episode 221: Come Play in Our 2026 Rejuvenation Sandbox

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Episode 220: Starting Fresh: What Actually Makes a Reset Stick

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Episode 219: Happiness at Work: The Data Leaders Can’t Ignore

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Episode 218: A Practical Way to Read What Your Organization Is Trying to Tell You

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Episode 217: Unlocking Human Potential: A Conversation with Alfredo Borodowski, PhD, MSW

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Episode 216: How the Words We Use Lift — or Limit — Us

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Episode 215: Speaking Truth to Power: A Conversation with Bernie Youngblood

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Episode 214: Outsourcing HR: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

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Episode 213: Leading with Purpose and Passion — A Conversation with Bishop Kevin Foreman

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Episode 212: 🎙️ From Dismissal to Discovery: Finding Purpose After a Layoff with Steve Jaffe

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Episode 211: Safe Spaces in a Fractured World: Leading with Intention

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Episode 210: Why Neurodivergent Leaders Hold Untapped Power: Insights from Rita Ramakrishnan, PCC, ACTC

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Episode 209: Quit the Guilt Trips, Get Real Buy-In

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Episode 208: The Power of Grit: Blue-Collar Heroes Among Us

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Episode 207: Hard Lessons, Simple Rules: What Really Works in OD

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Episode 206: Resistance Isn’t the Enemy

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Episode 205: Unleashing Energy Part 2: The Hidden Force in Leadership and Culture

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Episode 204: The Power We Don’t See (But Feel Everywhere)

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Episode 203: Exploring Joyce’s Career Path: Twists, Turns, and Boyfriends

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Episode 202: Assessment Grit: Knowing Before Doing

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Episode 201: The Power of “I Want…”

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Episode 200: Episode 200 – Time to Reflect, Celebrate, and Appreciate

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Episode 199: Thriving in Chaos: It's Happening to All of Us

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Episode 198: Michelle Griffin Ph.D.: Building a Business and a Life That Works

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Episode 197: 🎙 Resiliency Face-Off, Part 2: Spoiler—Ours Wins

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Episode 196: The Resilience Face-Off: Street Smarts Meets Sloan MIT Smarts

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Episode 195: Flugidity Revisited: Why We’re Still Talking About Structure vs. Flexibility Back by popular demand… or maybe just our own curiosity.

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Episode 194: Tight Ship or Jazz Band? Finding Balance in Today’s Workplace

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Episode 193: Beyond Ping Pong Tables: How to Build a Culture of Care

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Episode 192: The Chosen Few: A Talent Strategy That’s Holding You Back

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Episode 191: Creating Islands of Sanity in the Chaos – Part 2

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Episode 190: Getting Unstuck with Ernesto Gómez Arzapalo – OD Expert, Author, Academic, Entrepreneur... and All-Around Great Human

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Episode 189: Letting Employees Go – Do It Right or Pay the Price

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Episode 188: OD Challenge: Who Do We Choose to Be?

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Episode 187: Where Science Meets OD Practice – A Conversation with Dr. Rob Lion

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Episode 186: Brace for Impact: How to Survive Workplace Change

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Episode 185: Speaking Up or Staying Silent? Leadership in a Polarized World

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Episode 184: Lead with Intention: Make Every Moment Count

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Episode 183: Lead Like a Person, Not a Position - A Conversation with Mark Carpenter

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Episode 182: Rethinking Leadership: The 5 Must-have Qualities for Today’s World

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Episode 181: Blue Collar Power From the Ground Up – A Conversation with Ryan Englin

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Episode 180: Managing Without Power – A conversation with Joris Merks-Benjaminsen

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Episode 179: 2025 - The Year of Doing Something! (Some will work, others won’t)

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Episode 178: This Podcast: A Refuge for Inspiration and Recharging

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Episode 177: Bittersweet Tidings: The paradox of Holiday Cheer

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Episode 176: Honoring OD/HR: The Legacy We Leave Behind

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Episode 175: Workplace Connection – The Cure for Loneliness

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Episode 174: DEI 2.0: Reinventing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

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Episode 173: TeamSpeak: Unlocking Potential Through Dialogue

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Episode 172: What Keeps Us ‘All In’ Despite Life’s Curveballs

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Episode 171: The X Factor in Leadership

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Episode 170: Getting Unstuck When Rules & Norms No Longer Apply

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Episode 169: What Makes a Great CEO? (It's Not What You May Think)

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Episode 168: A Conversation with Corey Spitzer – Humble Start-up Guru & Sausage Maker

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Episode 167: Lessons from Fender Bender Entrepreneurs

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Episode 166: The Antidote to Dull Thinking

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Episode 165: CEO Flaws and Flubs

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Episode 164: Getting from Checked Out to All In

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Episode 163: The Goal-Setting Conundrum

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Episode 162: Be Someone Worth Following

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Episode 161: Company Culture – Making the Invisible Seen

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Episode 160: Essential OD Values

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Episode 159: Stuff That Irritates Us – Part 2

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Episode 158: Stuff That Irritates Us

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Episode 157: People Analytics Is More Than Just Data – A Conversation with Andrea Derler

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Episode 156: The Power and Irritation of a Good Question

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Episode 155: The Magic of Self-Organizing Communities

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Episode 154: The Power of Setting Work Norms

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Episode 153: Leading Big Change: CIO Insights with Terry Morgan

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Episode 152: Navigating Big Change: Principles Every Leader Should Know

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Episode 151: Deep Leadership – An Interview with Jon Rennie

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Episode 150: Avoiding the Slippery Slope

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Episode 149: Just Say Yes!

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Episode 148: Go South Young Man - Baptism by Fire

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Episode 147: Why We Do This...

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Episode 146: I'm Exhausted...What About You?

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Episode 145: Building Resilience Amidst Workplace Chaos

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Episode 144: The Discomfort of Learning Something New

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Episode 143: The Courage of Being a Third-Party Facilitator

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Episode 142: Addressing Cynicism in the Workplace

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Episode 141: Transforming How Work Gets Done

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Episode 140: Beyond Crucial Conversations–Advice on Leveraging Differences in the Room

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Episode 139: What Workers Want From Their Leader

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Episode 138: What Are You Willing to be Measured on in 2024?

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Episode 137: Let 'er Rip! Let’s Celebrate Every Holiday Tradition

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Episode 136: What’s Your Cranberry Ice?

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Episode 135: The Power of Here and Now Revisited

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Episode 134: The Power of Here and Now

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Episode 133: Women at Work – Then and Now

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Episode 132: Designing Work That Works

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Episode 131: When Being Fair Doesn't Work

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Episode 130: Cross Cultural Clash Food Fight

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Episode 129: Unplugged and Wide Open

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Episode 128: Why Do We Do Bob'nJoyce?

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Episode 127: Maximizing Your Most Important Asset - Your People

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Episode 126: Cultivating a Learning Organization - Part 2

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Episode 125: Cultivating a Learning Organization

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Episode 124: The Super Power of Solitude

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Episode 123: How the Mighty Fall

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Episode 122: Imposter Syndrome – The Fear of Being Found Out

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Episode 121: Life Lessons From Maria Popova

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Episode 120: Designing Effective Meetings

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Episode 119: HR Policies That Work

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Episode 118: Why Middle Managers Matter

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Episode 117: Guide to Becoming a Great Interviewer

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Episode 116: The Audacity of Hope

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Episode 115: With Mixed Feelings, We Approach the Topic of Performance Management One More Time

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Episode 114: When Leadership Checks Out

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Episode 113: The Murky Middle

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Episode 112: No Small Talk Here!

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Episode 111: Unraveling Compensation Practices – A Conversation with Mike Strout

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Episode 110: Big Bad Bosses

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Episode 109: The Compensation Quagmire: Part 1

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Episode 108: The Leap to Becoming a Top Executive

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Episode 107: Two Magical Words – “Good Job”

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Episode 106: A Great DEI Conversation with Eric Watson

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Episode 105: Downsizing is Here to Stay

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Episode 104: DEI – A Lot of Talk, Not Enough Action

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Episode 103: Being a Good Boss

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Episode 102: Performance Reviews That Excite

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Episode 101: Thriving in Chaos and Uncertainty

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Episode 100: Adiós, I’m Out of Here!

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Episode 99: Diversity Interventions That Work

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Episode 98: A Conversation with Pete Durand, Serial Entrepreneur and CEO, Cruxible Partners

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Episode 97: Getting Clear and Setting Intentions (PART 2)

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Episode 96: Getting Clear and Setting Intentions

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Episode 95: Rethinking Rituals to Meet the Moment

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Episode 94: Rethinking HR/OD Conventional Wisdom

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Episode 93: Developing Supervisory Judgment

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Episode 92: I Pray Anyway, Devotions for the Ambivalent

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Episode 91: Rethinking CEO Succession

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Episode 90: Quiet Quitting - Why We Disagree

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Episode 89: Promoting an Entrepreneurial Spirit

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Episode 88: The Death of Performance Appraisals – Part 2

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Episode 87: Death of Performance Appraisals

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Episode 86: The Merit of Giving Up

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Episode 85: Lessons from Gallup on Workplace Unhappiness

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Episode 84: Emerging OD – Are We Ready? Part 2

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Episode 83: Emerging OD – Are We Ready?

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Episode 82: Pushing Through Overwhelm

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Episode 81: Leading from Where You Are

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Episode 80: Gallup Poll – Engaging Wisdom

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Episode 79: Slowing Down to Speed Up

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Episode 78: OD/HR Steps Out of the Shadows

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Episode 77: Re-upping Our Commitment To This Work

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Episode 76: Letting People Go – Organizational Moment of Truth

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Episode 75: The Importance of Organizational Rituals

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Episode 74: HR's Bad Rap

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Episode 73: HR - Who Are We?

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Episode 72: 2022 Culture Change Work – Soothing, Uncomfortable And Needed

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Episode 71: Baptism by Fire – Part Two

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Episode 70: Bold Moves, Cringe-worthy Moments, and Chronic Curiosity

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Episode 69: Baptism by Fire – A Story about Accelerated Learning

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Episode 68: Being Present – A Gift for You and Others

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Episode 67: Winning the Battle for Talent

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Episode 66: Managing External OD/HR Consultants

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Episode 65: To Disrupt – OD’s Ultimate Purpose

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Episode 64: A Show About Nothing

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Episode 63: A Time to Be Bold and Courageous

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Episode 62: The Burnout Pandemic and What OD/HR Can Do

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Episode 61: Lead Like You Own It - Lessons from Entrepreneurs

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Episode 60: Fully Human Leadership – A Deeper Dive

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Episode 59: Fully Human Leadership – A New Model for Leading

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Episode 58: Informed Consultant – OD Sherpa

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Episode 57: We Doth Protest Too Much – Being a Credible Strategist

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Episode 56: OD Obi-Wan Kenobi

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Episode 55: Efficient Designer. What the Heck is This?

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Episode 54: How OD Makes Organizations Work Better – System Change Expert

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Episode 53: Going Behind the OD Curtain – How We Do What We Do

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Episode 52: Being Fully Human Goes Mainstream

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Episode 51: The New Normal: Living with Covid

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Episode 50: Uncertainty’s Best Antidote - Shining the Light

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Episode 49: Confronting Conflict – An Emerging HR/OD Competency

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Episode 48: Creating a New Normal - What Stays and What Goes?

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Episode 47: Riding a Bike is Easy, Sustaining Change Is Not

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Episode 46: Caution Ahead – Navigating the Perils of Adult Learning

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Episode 45: Lessons From Eating Popcorn – The Perfect Comfort Food

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Episode 44: When Work Works – Merits of a Large Organization

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Episode 43: Why Employee Benefits Matter Now More Than Ever

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Episode 42: Asking “What if…” – A Powerful Idea Generator

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Episode 41: HR/OD’s Duty to Speak Truth to Power

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Episode 40: Overcoming Burnout - An Interview with Joe Doty

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Episode 39: 7 Smart Strategies for Self-Management in Tough Times

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Episode 38: Nobody Likes Pain - Especially Organizational Pain

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Episode 37: Let’s Get Goofy – The Power of Humor

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Episode 36: All Things HR

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Episode 35: A Conversation with John Vegas on HR/OD's Impact

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Episode 34: See Your Blind Spots (or Else)

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Episode 33: Mentoring – A Catalyst for Development

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Episode 32: Workplace Reinvention – An Opportunity

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Episode 31: The Role of Third-Party Facilitation in HR/OD

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Episode 30: College Recruiting – An Innovative Approach with Extraordinary Results

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Episode 29: Stepping Into the Unknown

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Episode 28: Why Leaders Need To Be More Curious

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Episode 27: Hats Off to HR/OD Heroes

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Episode 26: Managing Versus Leading

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Episode 25: Making Lemonade from Lemons - Creating Good From Nothing

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Episode 24: Hire Right or Else

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Episode 23: Guided Imagery – A Powerful Alignment/Visioning Tool

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Episode 22: Confronting Burnout as HR/OD Professionals

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Episode 21: Seeing Through the Bramble of Internal OD Work

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Episode 20: Our Turn - Common HR/OD Flaws and Why They Matter

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Episode 19: CEO Flaws and Why They Matter

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Episode 18: Culture – An Invisible Power

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Episode 17: Honor Thy Managers

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Episode 16: 10 Criteria for a CEO/OD Partnership to do Bold Work Together

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Episode 15: Managing the Discomfort of Transition

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Episode 14: Meeting Magic and Gaffes

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Episode 13: Following Your Energy – It Never Disappoints

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Episode 12: 2021 Leadership Reimagined

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Episode 11: The Performance Management Dilemma

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Episode 10: Hacks and Hiccups - Part 2

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Episode 9: Hacks and Hiccups

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Episode 8: In the Quagmire

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Episode 7: Unexpected Details Matter

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Episode 6: Learning Groups – Part 2 – Interview with Scott Harrison

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Episode 5: Learning Groups - A Switch From Training to Learning

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Episode 4: Power Shift - Embracing small 'd' democracy

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Episode 3: HR OD Approaches to Dealing With Trauma

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Episode 2: Remembering Katherine Maxim Greenleaf – An HR/OD Leader Who Inspired

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Episode 1: Hooked on OD

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Episode 00: Who are Bob 'n Joyce?

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Episode 0: Welcome to the Bob 'n Joyce Talk HR 'n OD Podcast!