All Episodes
People Centric Podcast — 279 episodes
Episode 274 Personal Branding - Your Reputation Proceeds You
Episode 273 When Your Communication Isn't Landing
Episode 272 Skills Fishing: Resume Padding in a New Era
Episode 271 When Your Leader Feels Toxic
Episode 270 Paying Attention to What You Tell Yourself
Episode 269 Unlearning the Wrong Lessons
Episode 268 What Panic Does to Leadership
Episode 267 Celebrating to Stay Motivated
Episode 266 Assigning Intent and Impact Ownership
Episode 265 De-Escalating High Emotion Situations
Episode 264 Not Burnout, but Boreout
Episode 263 Owning It When It Isn't Your Fault
Episode 262 Building Community
Episode 261 Posturing and Putting on the Boss Costume
Episode 260 Judging Performance
Episode 259 Syncing Up!
Episode 258 Pit Crew Problem Solving
Episode 257 Receiving Feedback
Episode 256 Doing Less On Purpose
Episode 255 Becoming People Centric
Episode 254 Finishing the Year Strong
Episode 253 Building Problem Solvers
Episode 252 Go To Therapy
Episode 251 Dialed Up or Dialed In: the Case for Dials on Your Interactions with Others
Episode 250 Fighting at Work
Episode 249 The Management Cycle: Observe, Feedback, Ownership, Action
Episode 248 AI "Workslop"
Episode 247 Decoding Management Layers
Episode 246 Hope is an Action
Episode 245 Common Leadership Quotes and Our Thoughts
Episode 244 Getting Squeezed, a break down of business financials
Episode 243 The Rise of Quiet Trends: Quiet Quitting, Quiet Cracking, Quiet Vacationing
Episode 242 Employee Appreciation
Episode 241 When Work Feels Heavy: Navigating Uncertainty and Overload
Episode 240 Career Truths No One Tells You
Episode 239 Vanilla Ice Leadership
Episode 238 I Have Some Complaints
Episode 237 The Coach Approach
Episode 236 Throwing out the Power Pendulum
Episode 235 Quiet Cracking and Quiet Quacking
Episode 234 Fun at Work: Philly Justice Style
Episode 233 Flow Like Water: Navigating Obstacles with Flexibility
Episode 232 Planning for What's Next
Episode 231 Above a 5, Reflecting on Your Reactions
Episode 230 Eudaimonia: The difference between happy and fulfilled at work
Episode 229 Cultivating Grit
Episode 228 Determining Workload
Episode 227 Engagement, Focus, Accountability Cycle
Episode 226 Amplifying Quiet Voices
Episode 225 It Isn't Going to Fix Itself
Episode 224 The Keeper Test
Episode 223 Why Mission Matters
Episode 222 Courageous Leadership
Episode 221 Impacts of Motivation
Episode 220 Getting People To Do What You Tell Them To Do
Episode 219 Emotional Contagion
Episode 218 Understanding and Managing Your Emotions and the Emotions of Others
Episode 217 Generational Differences: Welcome Gen Z!
Episode 216 No Resolutions Resolution
Episode 215 Recognizing Yourself as a Mighty Force
Episode 214 Non-Tangible Gifts
Episode 213 Personality Differences
Episode 212 Is My Organization Ready for a Culture Change?
Episode 211 The Power of Personalization
Episode 210 Feedback Flops and How to Avoid Them
Episode 209 Too Many Meetings, No Time for Work
Episode 208 Help
Episode 207 How to Pace Yourself
Episode 206 I Disagree with Your Assessment of Me
Episode 205 The Hero Manager
Episode 204 The Pre-Talk Playbook: Navigating Conversations with Leadership
Episode 203 Head Trash Part 2
Episode 202 Head Trash, Part 1
Episode 201: Systematic Engagement
Episode 200 Why We Work
Episode 199 When Winning Looks Different to Each Person
Episode 198 Toxic Positivity
Episode 197 The Case for Good Gossip
Episode 196 Getting Out of Your Own Head and Being Present
Episode 195 The Icky Side of Maximizing Profits
Episode 194 Managing Performance (an integrated approach)
Episode 193 Facilitating Resilience
Episode 192 Thinking Differently and Getting Weird
Episode191 Serenity Now - When to Let Things Go
Episode 190 But How Do You Engage a Team?
Episode 189 Recharge On The Fly
Episode 188 Coping with the No
Episode187 Leading the Unleadable
Episode 186 Email Etiquette and The Case For Better Communication
Episode185 PIPs (Performance Improvement Plans) and doing them well
Episode 184 Great Managers Play Chess
Episode 183 Team-Client-Community
Episode 182 The Perfect Storm
Episode 181 Effective Listening
Episode 180 Promoting from Within vs Hiring External Candidates
Episode 179 Negative Emotions with Positive Results
Episode 178 Disagreeing Better
Episode 177 Evaluating Good Managerial Candidates
Episode 176 Meeting People Where they Are
Episode 175 Success comes from Thinking Differently
Episode 174 A Job Description Reveal Party
Episode 173 Sharing the (Work Appropriate) Love
Episode 172 Snarky Feedback
Episode 171 Promotion Pros and Cons
Episode 170 The Case for Caring
Episode 169 Growing Up or Growing Out
Episode 168 Solving Problems Together
Episode 167 Goals for Humans, Not Machines in 2024
Episode 166 Narrative Paradigms
Episode 165 Everyone’s Work Wishlist
Episode 164 Conducting Difficult Conversations
Episode 163 A Discussion about the 2023 Workforce and Insights into 2024
Episode 162 Still Feeling the Burn...Burnout That Is
Episode 161 The Thankful Mindset
Episode 160 Combating a False Sense of Urgency
Episode 159 The Pain of Poor Communication
Episode 158 The Entitled Generations
Episode 157 The Leadership Shadow
Episode 156 Are you Coachable?
Episode 155 Lead Them Well
Episode 154 Managing Oversharing Managers
Episode 153 Transparently, Not Totally Transparent
Episode 152 Adult Learning and Teaching at Work
Episode 151 Making AI, Tech Automation more People Centric
Episode 150 The Line on Loyalty
Episode 149 Reverse Mentoring
Episode 148 Red Flags in a Job Search
Episode 147 Measuring People’s Productivity
Episode 146 Too Busy To Do Important Things
Episode 145 The Building Trust Buzz
Episode 144 Big Business vs Small Business
Creating Buy In
Management vs. Micromanagement
Executive Presence
Dealing With Bad Ideas
The Shadow You
There’s No Crying In Business
Employee Experience ＞ Customer Experience
The Ole Swoop and Poop
Servant Leadership and the Boop Battle
Tech Centric vs. People Centric
Owning Your Mistakes At Work
Communication Styles
The Problem Solving Problem
Making Training Stick
Leadership Lessons Through Lyrics
The Authenticity Trap
Boundaries at Work (Take 2)
The Skills Gap
Accountability and Maintaining Standards
Taking a Leap
Natural vs. Managed Connections
Languishing and the Lack of Sparkle
Are You Psychologically Safe at Work? Psychological Safety
Ghosting, Quiet Quitting, Quiet Firing = Avoiding Conflict
Rockstars and Unicorns Only Please
Words and Phrases that are Used and Misused
The 4 Day Work Week Discussion
Surviving Company Growth
Manipulation V Influence
Getting Out of Your Own Way
Candidates in a Crazy Workforce
Outdated Habits That Paralyze Business
Killing Solutions-Based Thinking
The End Around
You Make So Much Work For Me!
Scary Situations
The Simple Truth is Not So Simple
Old Skool Management
Extrovert and Introvert Energy
Layers of Management
It’s Not Me, It’s You
The Importance of Appreciation
Overworked and Over Work
Quiet Quitting
When Reality Bites
Tunnel Vision
Pick Your Battles
Gendered Duties
Lead Like You Want To Be Remembered
Mindset Matters
Imposter Syndrome
Big Visions, Big Challenges
Books, Podcasts and Resource Recommendations
You Gotta Kinda Wanna
Succession Planning-Moving Up or Moving On
Building your Leadership Skills through 5 Areas of Focus
Finding Your Unique Strengths
The Management Myths
The Passion Paradox
I’m Toxic and I Know It
Conversation Pitfalls
Be the Expert in Your Role
Harkey’s Hierarchy Rules
The Culture Grid
Best Ways to Have a Bad Day
Mentorship
Family Values and Office Dynamics
Interview with Don Harkey on Watching the Ozarks
Building Habits That Work For You
Leadership and Influence
Vision, Mission, and Values
Gossip
The Talent Myth
Trust & the Workplace
Be My Culture Valentine
Moving On In The Great Resignation
I Just Don’t Like You
#smallbusiness
Feeding Stories
Things Employees Won’t Tell Their Employers
See you all in 2022
Happy Holidays - fun with the team
New Year’s Resolutions
Happiness at Work
Leadership Transformation
No One Wants to Work Anymore?!
Making Motivation
Feedback Best Practices
FAQ’s
Open-mindedness is a leadership trait
Working It? Net-working It!!
Move Over Millennials, Gen Z is Here.
When Resilience Backfires
Tales from the Road
Strategic Planning
Oops....Now What?!
Be Curious
The Work Life Balance Myth
Roles that Wear Too Many Hats
Empowerment Movement
Job Descriptions and Job Clarity
The Great Sansdemic
Hiring, Onboarding & Retention
Negotiation Best Practices
Being an Agent of Change
Just Stop It!
The team behind the People Centric Podcast
Facilitation Tips and Tricks
The Great Hiring Shortage of 2021
Switchtracking
Going Back to the Office
Lead Them Well: Hope
Lead Them Well: Stability
Lead Them Well: Compassion
Lead Them Well: TRUST
PART 2: Meaningful Work: A conversation with Shawn Askinosie
PART 1: Meaningful Work: a conversation with Shawn Askinosie
Does Engagement at Work Actually Matter?
This is awkward, but You’re Fired
Leaving Well - How and When to move on from your job
Tips for Time Management
Come Back to Bed, a conversation with Mark Kinsley
What YOU need to know about Business Financials
You Have to Keep Score to Win
How to Delegate Like a Boss
Workplace Friendships
Creating Powerful Habits
Navigating Disruption: Interview with Carrie Richardson of Leadership Springfield
Mistakes We Have Made as Co-workers
How to Lead Your Team Through A Transition: Interview with Tony Corpin (School Transportation News)
Does Goal Setting Really Matter?
How to Fight at Work
Mental Health and The Holidays with Dr. Jennifer Baker
What Does a Manager Really Do?
How Covid Increased Engagement and Then Crashed It, Hard.
Assigning Intent
Why Isn’t Anyone Listening To Me?
Humble Leadership Is Like Sweet Pain
Setting Boundaries at Work
What’s Your EQ?
The Stories We Tell Ourselves
Flex Your Muscles! But not too much.
This Meeting Could Have Been an Email
”I Don’t Understand You.”
Engaged at Work?
When you like your job, but hate your company.
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